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No I.D.
Stage to Spotlight: Sheri’s switch
What happens when you trade a boardroom for a black box theater and decide to start from scratch in your 50s? We sit down with actor and stand-up comic Sheri Gill Dixon for a fearless, funny, and deeply human conversation about falling in love with movies as a teenage usher threading reels, discovering Meisner training in Virginia Beach, and building a comedy voice that lives or dies by instant feedback. Sheri takes us behind the scenes of big sets like Tammy—where she held her boundaries without apology—and shares why watching Melissa McCarthy and Kathy Bates work reminded her that kindness and professionalism scale.
The heart of this conversation lives on stage. Sheri breaks down how she moved from the safety of scripts to the risk of stand-up, why writing often happens mid-set, and how crowd work can surface sharper material than any quiet desk session. We talk influence and range—Joan Rivers and Moms Mabley opening doors; Richard Pryor, Bernie Mac, Dave Chappelle shaping storytelling; Seinfeld’s polish and Miss Pat’s punch; Thea Vidale’s relatable grit—and how those threads weave into a voice that’s unmistakably her own. We also get real about women in comedy: the scarcity baked into flyers, the myth of one chair, and how the Ladies of Comedy pack flips the script through collaboration, shared opportunities, and relentless support.
Beyond the mic, Sheri opens up about motivation that isn’t Instagram-ready. Working in transit surfaced daily inequities; the George Floyd era pushed her toward doctoral work and sharpened her belief that art can ease what policy cannot. Comedy becomes the pressure valve and the bridge: a room that laughs together, even for an hour, carries less weight home. We swap notes on good rooms and cold crowds, choosing where to spend your energy, and the quiet power of a stranger saying your set made their night worth the babysitter.
If you’re navigating a late start, eyeing a pivot from acting to stand-up, or building a creative crew that resists gatekeeping, this one’s for you. Hit follow, share this with a friend who needs the nudge, and drop a review with the moment that stuck with you—what leap are you ready to take next?
We upgraded. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the No ID Podcast. I have writer, content creator. She is one fourth of the women Avengers of comedy. Was it women's what do you guys call it?
SPEAKER_01:LC LLC. LLC Ladies of Comedy.
SPEAKER_00:I'm a quarter of it. I had the You're a quarter of it. Yeah. We don't do math here. She's been going all around. Very busy lady here. Very busy content creator. Actress. I don't know. She has so many slashes behind her name. But the one and only Sherry Gill Dixon. How you doing, ma'am?
SPEAKER_01:I'm good. How are you?
SPEAKER_00:Better. Took four years for this, but we finally made it happen.
SPEAKER_01:It has not been four years. Maybe, maybe two.
SPEAKER_00:I'll say two. Two. Two. So I met you doing uh what was it second Saturdays? Yeah, I remember. And you were uh you were a killer. I was like, who is this fine sugar mom popping up on the scene? Who the hell is this? And she was like, Oh, it's just so nice to work with you. I'm like, I'm kind of awkward around people's. I didn't know how to take it. And then I just saw you popping around on more on the scene. Then like I I did a lot of research. You're an actress as well, too, right?
SPEAKER_01:I am. Yep. So I've been I was like, So how did you get started into the arts? Into the arts period.
SPEAKER_00:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:So it was back in the early years of 197 no, I'm just kidding. It was early though. So I did I did theater in high school. I'm a little older, so I loved it. But you know, back in the 70s and 80s, it wasn't the career choice, you know, that people had. You couldn't even make make money doing it, really. Or at least that's what your parents told you. So I took another route and went off and and failed out of college twice. My parents were so proud. And then when I I guess it wasn't until my 50s I got back into acting. And I just was tired of sitting in a boardroom and said, you know what, I want to do something that I enjoy. So I had moved to Virginia Beach and I just Googled acting classes and found Keith Flippin' at the actor's place and signed up and took a beginning Meisner class, and that that's pretty much the start of it. That was in 2013. Yeah. So um, what were you gonna ask me? Who's the the actor or what?
SPEAKER_00:Who's the actress or the actor like that movie that that was like, you know what, I want to give this a try.
SPEAKER_01:Um, I you know, I don't I don't really remember it's been that long ago. But you gotta think, uh you mean in my 40s or when I was in high school? No, like in general. I just loved so okay, my very first job I had at 16 years old was at the movie theater, the local movie theater. And I think that's really where I fell in love with movies. And you gotta remember back in the day, that's when you had the big reels and the, you know, the the tape, it would break, and then you they'd be, you know, oh, and the audience would be like, ah, screaming, and you have to run up and splice it back together and then start it back up. That's when I worked at the movie theater where, you know, there were no cash registers. We had a drawer with some money and you know, tear tickets that you handed out to people. And we were able to, you know, go and sit and watch every movie that we wanted to in between and on our days. And I just I just loved movies. So I think that's where I fell in love with movies, was my first job.
SPEAKER_00:Okay. I thought, like, you know, I'll wave say like Meryl Street or I love Meryl Street.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, all of them. But I there's so many though, you know? There's so many great so I did have the opportunity, and and I hate doing this because people are like, oh my god, and I was just gonna name drop. No. But I had the opportunity to work on the set of Tammy. I was just background. I was a lesbian. They did offer me extra money to show my titties, and I said, no, I think I'm gonna pass. And so I didn't do that piece of it. But to be able to work with Melissa McCarthy and Kathy Bates um was amazing to see them work. They are two of the most amazing, friendly, humble individuals. And that was one of the very first really large sets that I was able to be on.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, okay. I haven't seen Tammy at all.
SPEAKER_01:Well, they don't even show the titties, so I should have done it and just taken the money.
SPEAKER_00:But it's 2025. I'm pretty sure they would have had like some kind of site that had Sherry's titties on online. All right, you forgot who's on my podcast outside of your friends.
SPEAKER_01:Well, here's the thing that's one of the reasons why I didn't do it, because my son was really young then, and all I kept thinking was when he got older, that his friends would be like, Oh my god, look what I found. It's your mom's titties. And I was like, I'm gonna have to pass on that. I'm I'm gonna keep them under wraps.
SPEAKER_00:They pop up at the door. Hey, is your mom home today?
SPEAKER_01:Well, she's like, We're coming out. Jonathan, where's your mom? Where's your mom? Listen, he gets so mad. He gets so mad when people hit on me. I started talking about it in my stand-up actually, because it's so funny.
SPEAKER_00:I mean, you're attractive, you know, an attractive lady, you know what I'm saying? So I wouldn't be surprised who didn't hit on you.
SPEAKER_01:A lot of people don't hit on me. Kevin Spacey didn't hit on me.
SPEAKER_00:I was in House of Cards.
SPEAKER_01:No, I'm not a 12-year-old boy.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, you're too you, you're wow. I think I that shit messed me up. I'm sorry. Because I watched American Beauty and I hated that movie. I didn't understand it at all, but we don't need to get into that. I think some of my favorite. No, you good. Hey, Sherry, don't get your credit messed up messing with me. You keep talking to me in those voices, I'll be back in them DMs again. What do you got planned this weekend?
SPEAKER_01:I was gonna say I it was weird because I was on the set of House of Cards. I did season one and two, and so I was a cabinet aide right behind Kevin Spacey. Literally, he was here and I was there, and he would pace and walk, and I was like, you know, it's really odd. He like he didn't even really hit on me or talk to me or anything. And so I didn't get it until, you know, years later when all that came out, and I was like, it's not me. I am attractive. It was I'm not a boy.
unknown:Got it.
SPEAKER_00:I mean, I know like I have some favorite actors. Like Wesley Snipes is by far my favorite actor because he's the only person I know that did Too Wong Fu and New Jack City in the same year. That just showed me he had like mad range, right? Yeah. And Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright. If you want Viola Davis, is another one. Meryl Streep is a is a uh Jamie Lee Curtis for sure. She is setting the internet on fire right now with Freakier Friday. Um, so I mean I get it. I got a little range. Now, what what made you transition into comedy? Like that's uh you went from usually it's the other way around. It's like stand-up to comedy. You went no, you went, excuse me. You went usually it's uh stand-up comedy to actor. You went actor to stand-up comedy, still acting. What made you go into stand-up?
SPEAKER_01:You know, it's weird because I always thought about doing stand-up. And I used to always tell my son, I was like, no, I should do stand-up. I'm funny. And he'd go, and I, for real? And I think that I was just being a stand-up comedian, you are very vulnerable. It's very different from being behind the camera. You know, when I'm doing a film, I have a whole script, I have hair, I have makeup, like there's the audience that sees the film is not in the room with me. I'm not getting that immediate feedback, you know. Can and I can also hide from it. I am not gonna see them in person when they're watching the movie, right? So when you're on stage doing stand-up, I think I was just terrified of getting on stage and not being funny, even though I really felt like I would be funny. So I think it just took, you know, all these years of experience for me to go, fuck it, I'm just gonna do it. We can cuss on your podcast, right? Because I mean, you have met me. You know, I I was raised by a Marine. We drop, we're colorful, we drop F-bomb. So we do.
SPEAKER_00:Okay. So once again, if I say you can't cuss on my podcast, that'd be a contradiction. Being the fact that about two episodes ago, I had a young lady named Kylie Cash up here talking about being a dominatrice and dildo's up men's butt. So if I say you can't cuss, what sense does that make to say that you can't cuss? See, that's how I know people that come on this show over there.
SPEAKER_01:I have not seen your podcast. I know people gonna watch it. Wow, I'm gonna have to go pull up some of your episodes.
SPEAKER_00:I literally had a young lady talking about it. I have no idea talk about dildos and butts. I had another one with the dominant that just had the hood on her head. This is the shit that pisses me off. And I'm sorry, I'm bearing off. I do apologize. I would hit somebody Yeah, I I appreciate you. I when if I hit you up, I know sometimes you don't listen to it. I get it. But I have people that hit me up like, man, I want to get on your pockets. I'm like, are you sure? Have you seen what I do? No, man, I don't know what you're talking about. I've had porn stars, Daisy Ducati, Sexual Savage, Nefty Enchantress, Kylie Cash. I got Misty Stone coming. I've had comedians, Buddy Lewis, Michael Carr, Diallo Reddle, Nori Davis. Kells Morton. Kells Morton, Sherry Gill Dixon. I had a lot of them up here. I'd be like, are you sure? Oh man, I don't know, man. You know, like I had a guy hit me up. I'm getting this off my chest because he hit me up last night. I said, hey, bro, I've had porn stars and dominations up here. You sure you want to go up here and talk about a family business? Nah, man, you know, long ass fucking message. It's okay. That's my stepchildren in the background. But we we love dogs. Sherry, Sherry's boo-boo right now, you know. Every time I see her, I just buy her French fries and wine. Every time. I'm kidding. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
SPEAKER_01:No idea you had you had you have very colorful guests. Wow.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, yeah, found my niche. So you're very But what is your niche?
SPEAKER_01:You just you just went from porn star to to comedian. What's your niche? Just see, I like that because I I don't know if you've seen my post. I've been talking about it for years. And by my birthday, which is in a month, I'm gonna have a podcast episode out. I want to do my own podcast because I love to talk. You should. And and everyone is always asked me, Well, what's your topic? And I'm like, everything. And they're like, Well, usually you have to have a a lane. Okay, it's all the lanes. I just want all the lanes because I'm listening I am like 50 different women rolled up in one person. There's that comedian, I gosh, I'm horrible with her name, but she's funny as shit. And she did a little skit during the pandemic about, you know, oh my God, what who do you want? Who do you want? Like, what girlfriend do you want? And it was funny, you know, she was holding a gun to the guy's head. It was a fake gun. And she's like, which which one do you want? Like, I can be any of them. That's me. Like, I'm so like different in so many areas. So that's why I'm like, my podcast is just gonna be, and I'm kind of, I think the older I get, the more outspoken I am. And I wanted to, I want to name it Sherry D, Unfiltered and Out of Fuc. But some of my friends who are producers and stuff are like, eh, you gotta think about the name because some people aren't gonna wanna have it on there because it says fucks. And I'm like, really? But it's such a great name. Unfiltered and out of fucks. That is really me at at this age. So I might have to change the name, but I don't know.
SPEAKER_00:It starts with the name. Like, no idea is the greatest name I could ever come up with because I have no lane. I can talk to whoever I want to about whatever I want to, and I just keep it pushing. That's it. People don't like the name, they get confused. I don't care. Uh, I have had podcast networks turn me down just because of the name or because of the guests. I'm like, uh, I'm not changing. So, you know, I'm I'm very independent. And my former mentor, D. Militant, always told me you have to have more than one of the things. My current mentor, James Cooper, has always preached about having more than one of the things. And I'm like, all right, well, podcast comedy. I guess eventually maybe I'll start doing dances with you and the ladies of comedy. Maybe I'll be the long-lost fifth member and cryp walk in the parking lot like you, Sonia, Kills, and Vicky. The funny thing is, you look so lost in that parking lot. I was like, oh my God, poor Sherry.
SPEAKER_01:Which one? Because we did two dances in two parking lots. One, one we had Angus Black. Angus Black was with us, yeah. And that was that was funny. And then the other one, uh, I actually got the line dance. See, here's the thing though. Vicky J, and maybe the other two, but mostly Vicky, she knows every dance there is, and it's just not fair. And so she'd be like, come on, let's do that. And she starts moving. I'm like, I don't even, I am dyslexic and ADD. I don't even know what you just did. And so they have to slow it down for me to teach me the dance. So, but I got that one down. I did. I had that one down. But I have rhythm, you know. Takes me a minute.
SPEAKER_00:We know you got rhythm. You used to bring a lot of rhythm to the mics when I used to perform with you. I'm like, Sherry's the only piece of salt in all this pepper. And I was like, oh wow. I knew you was cool when you came home. Like, she's wearing all black. Oh, what's the purpose? What's the meaning behind all black? Is that your whole wardrobe? Is that a statement? Are you like emo or something?
SPEAKER_01:You know what's interesting? I have been wearing all black since my 20s. So that's over 30 years. I used to go out to the club with a girlfriend of mine, and her mom used to get so irritated because they were like this, you know, conservative, you know, white family. And I would come in the door and I have on the shortest skirt ever, you know, and I would just be an all-black, you know, titties popping out, and and she would just, why can you wear a color? And I was like, it is a color. It's black. So I don't know. I don't even know where it started. I was never goth or anything. I think, I think I just think black is more slimming, and I've always had black hair. So I don't I don't know. I just wear black. It's color my heart and my soul. That's what I like to say. Your heart is.
SPEAKER_00:Heart and soul is that.
SPEAKER_01:My heart is fucking cold.
SPEAKER_00:Well, I don't know your situation, but I'm gonna let you keep sipping wine. We're not even gonna tap into that on the camera. You know what I mean? We're gonna leave that alone. Was there a comedian that ever inspired you? Like, yo, I want to be something like that that you ever Oh gosh, comedians.
SPEAKER_01:You know, so uh so I have to say the first comedian that I I loved uh was Joan Rivers. And I have to say that because, yeah, that's how old I am. I used to sneak to stay up to watch her when she was filling in at the tonight show. And I just thought she was so funny. And you gotta also remember she's also the first woman to have her own late night talk show. You know, her her and mom's Maybelly, you know, they really paved that road. Yeah, yeah. See, I'm from back in that day. Yes, they paved the road for us women to to be doing comedy. So I always have to mention them first. And then we'll get to the other people, you know, the Richard Priors and the Bernie Mack. I mean, I grew up watching those two. And then of course the newer, you know, Dave Chappelle. I'm a storyteller, so I relate to him really well because he's a storyteller. And I just love the way he his delivery and and how he does it, and it's so like, you know, it's just a matter of fact, you know, whatever. So, and but it's funny. He's a genius.
SPEAKER_00:He's he is a genius. See, like, I came up with, and everybody laughs at me. Like, I've seen Kings of Comedy, but I was like more into blue-collar comedy tour. Yeah. And like Jerry Seinfield is my goat, right? And people like Jerry Seinfield. I'm like, yes, like Jerry's. I saw Jerry when he came to Norfolk probably what, a year, two years ago. Absolutely loved him. He came with Mario Joyner, and I was like, this is fucking awesome. Like Jerry Seinfeld is my goat, right? I can watch any Jerry Seinfield special. I can watch a bunch of Eddie Murphy. For a while, I was in Mom's Maybelline. Whatever I could find, like her, uh Rudy Waymoore, when Dola Might. If you haven't seen my name is Dola Might, Eddie Murphy played played him and had my favorite act in there, Wesley Snipes. I'm like, you get the backstory of like how all this started, right? And um, it's cool, it's really cool. And I I actually got to open up one of my favorite comedians out there, like who was like on my goal list, D.L. Huglin, and I damn near peed myself trying to talk to that man. He was so humble, he was like, yo, stop treating me like that. I was like, Oh, you got it, bro. Is there a comedian that you work with? I love you too. Have you ever seen is there a comedian that you looked up to that you got a chance to work with, or do you look forward to working with?
SPEAKER_01:Um I haven't had a chance to work with with any of them. I I love to. I mean, I love like Jay Farrow and you know, there are some comedians out there that I I love Gary Owen. I think he's so funny. And I've watched stuff with him, and he'll say, you know, he doesn't he doesn't write, he doesn't write and I'm like, I think I do a lot of that because I know you've we've done uh several shows together and people always I'm always like, oh my God, what am I gonna say? And a lot of times my and I know you're not really supposed to do that, but a lot of times my new jokes come from a paid show where I'm just going and I go, Oh shit, I gotta write that down. I gotta remember that because if I just sit and go, okay, let me write something funny, I'll be sitting for like two hours going, I don't know, I got nothing. I I can't force it, but when I'm just in conversation, that's when you know, that's when it comes out.
SPEAKER_00:That's like the best time. That's the best time. Like some of my jokes come from crowd work.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So yeah, some of my jokes come from crowdwork. I'm like, oh shit, let me make sure I got this recorded. But like uh you said, Gary Owen. Gary Owen is cool. I like Gary. His new special is actually pretty fire, actually. It's on his YouTube channel. Um I get it.
SPEAKER_01:Now, is there are there any? I I did get to see uh Miss Pat when she was at the Funny Bone. Really? And yeah, yeah, because Kells was hosting, and so of course, you know, the LOC we went up to, you know, support, and um she was just hilarious, hilarious.
SPEAKER_00:You ever seen Thea Videl?
SPEAKER_01:Not not live.
SPEAKER_00:But you know who she is? Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, yes. I love her. I love her. Her stories are so perfect and relatable. Like I sit there and go, yes, oh my god. Like when she talks about, you know, her dating and being on the profile and her son going on there, uh, you know, I just love her. I saw her when she was at the funny bone too.
SPEAKER_00:I didn't see her at the funny bone. I actually I actually kind of messed that one up with me and her. I ain't gonna lie to you. Messed that one up bad.
SPEAKER_01:What'd you mess up? What?
SPEAKER_00:I was shooting my shot. I was like, fuck it. I was like, because I had seen her, I think it was either it was Comedy Central, and I saw her on Southside, and I was like, oh, and she is so beautiful. And I was like, uh, you know, I'm single. I've been single for a while. I got I was like, I got a little confidence because the comedy game brings you attention. It brings you some attention. It bring it brings a lot of attention. You just gotta be warm, you know, and it goes it went to my head, and I was like, oh shoot. We was talking and stuff in the DMs, and then I think like somewhere we dropped the ball, and then I was like, oh, I have a podcast. You wanna be on my podcast? Then you try and shut your shot at me. I was like, oh my bad. So I haven't done it then. Like I congratulated when she got married. She's I think she divorced now, and the relationship was on another relationship. But I was like, I'd be like trying to like every post. Like one time it was her birthday. I had shared it was like, congratulations, happy birthday, blah, blah, blah. And she was like, Thank you. I was like, Yeah, that's that one fucked up. Yeah, fuck that one up. Fucked that one up. I could have been gone by now. Could have been a house husband. Because you know what I'm saying? You you get the attention yourself, you get it, like you be up there performing, and people like, man, she's so fucking funny. And then you get some people that come up there like, yo, so uh, how you doing?
SPEAKER_01:Right? Can I can I take a picture with you? Um why?
SPEAKER_00:Has there any been any challenges of being a woman in comedy? Because you guys have a pack that I actually respect, right? You guys have writing sessions, you y'all pull up to each other's shows, y'all got videos with each other, and I respect that. I I told Kells that, like female Avengers, ladies of comedy, whatever you guys call yourself. I call y'all the a lot of the Avengers of Women Assemble and you guys run in a pack and y'all look out for each other. Like, has there been any challenges as a woman comedian coming up in this in this era?
SPEAKER_01:Of course. I mean, look at the flyers that are out there. All you gotta do is look at the flyers. I mean, how many how many women do you see on a flyer versus versus men? It's usually five to one, you know, three to one. So it's like we're we're kind of sprinkled in still. And and you know, here's the thing. It's not just like that in the in the comedy world, it's like that in the whole world. I mean, I'm an executive by day, and it's still a struggle to get a seat at the table for a woman or for you to be heard. So it's nothing out of the ordinary that I I haven't dealt with outside of comedy. But you do see it, and then, you know, women, there's there's the the history of women fighting each other, right? Not getting along and and and really, you know, one woman trying to, you know, put the other woman down. And that still does happen. And I and that's because of the world we live in. There is typically only one seat at the table. There's one picture on that flyer, there's one female, and we're all trying to get that spot. And so me, Vicky J and Kells and Sonia, you know, we we click together and you know, we've had lots of conversations and drinking wine and eating pizza and whatever about this. And we've kind of, you know, made that pact that, you know, we want to support each other and we want to, you know, not continue that history of women fighting other women to get a seat at the table. We want to, you know, either, you know, push other other people out of the table or slide them down and make some more seats. So that's just what we do. And we we support each other and go out. We'll go to each other's shows if if we can, or if we're in town, if we don't have a show ourselves. And, you know, we text all the time. And and listen, I'll wake up and there'll be a brrrrr or I'll be in meetings all day, and there'll be like a hundred texts, and just like I do with you, I always I say, I can't, I can't read all those. I'm okay. I'm dyslexic in 80s. Like, I just I just can't. I can't. There's a lot going on here. I don't know what it says, but ha, that's it, you know. So, but I love those ladies. Like, we are we are so tight. It's a great, it's a great example for how I think all women should be.
SPEAKER_00:It is. I feel like in in comedy, everybody feels like they have to be an alpha, but really they're betas. Everybody wants to be. I use a lot of metaphors. Everybody's uh in a small pond trying to be a big shark and not realizing like it's multiple stages, it's multiple microphones, there's multiple venues you can perform at, but everybody wants that like it's like an ego thing, right? And you know, you got clout watcher. Like some people actually like literally not follow you, but will watch your page 24 or 7. Some people actually follow you and unfollow you back. Like, I think on my YouTube, I was at like I was it keeps going up, and I get uh somebody subscribe and then they unsubscribe, or they subscribe and they unsubscribe. My views is going crazy sometimes, so it's it's it's one of those things, and I would like to see. I mean, I know it's a lot, like I did a show last night with uh Stephanie, I can't Stephanie, Samantha, I can't pronounce her last name. It was a lot of women on this show, including guest spots, and I was so happy to see that because here you don't really see it. If you see one, that's it, right? It's rare when you get one or two, or it's rare when you get like everybody's on the show as a woman, the host is a woman, the booker, the producer, whoever is a woman. You it's rare to see that. And I would love to see more of that. I have a genuine, I told Kales this, and I told Sonya this. I haven't talked to Vicky J because I don't have a contact with Vicky J, but I respect everything that the LOC is doing, right? I I like the the the camaraderie that you guys have, right? You write in the pack, you don't let one fall behind. If one person gets something, like I noticed that Kale's got Canvas Rebel, she gives it to the other one. And I'm like, that's what it's supposed to be about, right? Instead of, man, I got it. I don't want nobody else to know that I got it. How did you get that? Why did you get that? How do I I'm like, no, like it's it's not it's not that, right? But I think it's more of a a pride and ego thing. Like we don't put pride to the side, and we got too much ego to sit up there and say, you know what? Let me just sit back and just chill, figure this out, come in with some common sense and some integrity behind it, and keep it pushing. You know what I'm saying? But once again, I do shout you guys out. Now I'm getting serious because my third eye that's waking up. So I wish I could see more of that, not just on the women's side, but on the comedian's side, uh male side as well, too. But yeah, it is what it is.
SPEAKER_01:Where I know for us, especially for me, I always say I I am a firm believer in what is meant for me is for me. And no one can take that away from me. Um so I don't, you know, I don't worry about what shows other people are getting, or you know, what I didn't get if I didn't get selected or I didn't win or whatever. All I care about is how I think I did. I'm gonna watch it back, I'm gonna watch it back a hundred times, I'm gonna critique it, I'm gonna be like, ooh, I didn't like that and like this. I don't compare myself to to the others. Plus, everyone is so different. You can't you can't compare yourself to somebody else. What I do on stage is what I do. It's my style. I don't want to be anybody else. I don't want to emulate somebody else. I want to be me. That's why my Instagram name is it I it was purposeful. Just me. I just want to be just me. I don't want to be somebody else.
SPEAKER_00:Look at how passion you got every time you say just me, your left eyebrow rolls up. Just me. Just me.
SPEAKER_01:Because the other side is paralyzed, kinda.
SPEAKER_00:Still look good as we drink out this thick ass yeti cup.
SPEAKER_01:It's water. We just came from a walk. And my water and my wine.
SPEAKER_00:We just came from a nice nature walk. Mount Trashmore. What do you got, man? I'm gonna get some Gatorade, get my electrolytes. Now, Sherry.
SPEAKER_01:First, I got wine. Then I got water. Wait, no, no, I'm sorry. Then I got ginger ale, and then I got water. I got a lot of liquids going on on this desk. I don't know what's happening.
SPEAKER_00:Man, you know. It was a joke in there, but I'm gonna keep it to myself. I know, right?
SPEAKER_01:So many jokes.
SPEAKER_00:There's so many jokes. You know, I tend to make a lot of women thirsty around here. You know, they be like, oh man, the receding hairline, the going to the gym all the time, it's just turning me on. You know what I mean? Oh man. So what is that before we go off, right? What is that thing that keeps you motivated and keep going?
SPEAKER_01:I think it it's, you know, a lot of people say, Oh, well, what what motivates you? My kids or my family? No, no. Mm-mm. No, that's all PC bullshit. No. My kid, listen, he better, he better figure it out because I'm gonna die at some point. That's what I tell him all the time. And then he gets mad. Stop saying that. I'm like, well, it's true. Um what motivates me is just something within me to always want to be better and to succeed and to make the world a better fucking place than it is. That's how my my you know, schooling came about. I never wanted to go back to school. Matter of fact, I I barely graduated high school. Okay, my mother taught at my high school. And when I graduated, she was so fucking happy. She was like, Oh my god, thank God. I thought she was gonna end up in prison or pregnant in a trailer park because back then. They didn't know what dyslexia was. I'm dyslexic. So she just thought I was lazy and wasn't studying. And I was. So you know, I just barely got out of out of high school. I failed out of college twice. And I just, I just kept going. It was more so for my doctorate that I'm getting now. That's when all the George Floyd stuff was happening. And there's all this. I work in transit. So I see a lot of racism that still exists, the low-income population, the people who are dependent on transit. See, now we're gonna get serious and it's way off on comedy. But you know, that's my that's my world of of seeing how much inequity and inequality and racism still exists in the world today. And somebody has to be the voice of that. So I that's what I do. That's what motivates me is to to you know make it a better place. And through comedy, I think you do that. You know, I had a woman at a show I did last month at push say that her and her husband at the end of the show, she was a little intoxicated. I just tell you that by the end. But she was like, oh my God, she said, I just want to tell you, we never come out. We have kids, we stay home. I didn't even want to come out tonight. We came out because one of our friends was he a new comedian, he was doing a guest spot. And she said, I just have to tell you everything you said. One, you know, it made her feel like she wasn't by herself. And two, it made her night. It made everything worthwhile. So she came out, she had a great time, she wasn't stressed, she wasn't dealing with all those kids. That's what I love about it because I think when you can make someone laugh, you take away all that pain and that stress, whatever they're going through in life, you take that away for just a minute. That's what I love about it.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I respect that. I like the fact that you look into a crowd and no matter nobody's race, religion, background, what they got going on, they just hear to laugh. And the fact that you got people laughing at push, no, push is pretty easy. Because that once that little rich wine and them liquid depths get to popping with the little brat whereas you're Gucci, you know what I'm saying? Like it's a good crowd.
SPEAKER_01:I have the best time every time I I do a show at Push. I do. Last night at the venue, oh my gosh, it was it was fire the whole night. It was just, you know, it was the crowd was great. And I love it when a crowd is there to have a good time and to laugh. It's the worst thing when you're doing a show and the person is sitting there and they they don't want to laugh. And I'm like, why did you even come?
SPEAKER_00:What was the purpose? Yeah, what was your purpose? Yeah. You just came out the shit on everybody else. Fuck out of here. You know what I'm saying? You get those people to come over there. And they looking in, they making eye contact with you. You know, I love that crowd work, so they be like, I'm like, hey, how you doing today? What's your name? I'm not in for the games. I'm like, okay, you got it. You know what I'm saying? I did crowd work one time. Dude was like, my name's Bang Bang. I was like, Yup, you have a great day, good sir. I'm not gonna sit up there and go back out and forth with you and try and figure out your name. I started walking to my car after the show. He's like, man, I was just playing. I was like, you said you're supposed to go back and forth with me. I said, not with the name bang bang. I'm I'm okay. I gotta get hold of my mama. Right? But if the people want to get in contact with you or follow you or see your journey or you know, just reach out, how can they do that?
SPEAKER_01:So on Instagram and TikTok, and I don't, I don't really TikTok a lot yet. I guess I should, but it's the same. So it's just me, J-U-S-M-E underscore s-g D. That's a G. S-G, not T. S-G-D. Sherry Gil-Dixon. So just me underscore S-G-D. And then on Facebook, uh, you know, it's for us older generation who still use Facebook. I've, you know, I heard I heard it's for us old people. It's Sherry Gil Dixon, S-H-E-R-I-1 R and a I, Gil Dixon. Gotta throw my dad's name in there. That's Gil is my father's, is my maiden name.
SPEAKER_00:So yeah, my father's name is Jerome Davis, but I go by Rome, but Jerome Davis, so I'm named right after him. Um if you guys want to get in contact with me, like, share, comment, subscribe. I went live on my Facebook and my YouTube. Facebook is Jerome Davis. YouTube is at ComedianRome Davis. You can get on all the other things, Comedian Rome. Uh, that's TikTok and IG and Twitter. And no ID Podcast on Facebook as well as Facebook and Instagram. I'm sorry, I'm having brain farts. Maybe it's the I maybe I need some wine and a ginger ale and some water. A 48 liter Yeti cup of pr I probably guess crushed cube ice mixture cup. Probably been with you since nine o'clock this morning because I know how Yeti works.
SPEAKER_01:It was more like 7 30, but we can say nine.
SPEAKER_00:All right. Well, go ahead and sign off. Thank you so much, Sherry.
SPEAKER_01:Thank you for having me.