Not only do “I love it”, but “I’m in love with it”— if you’re asking yourself, “Jason, what’s the difference?” Don’t email me, ask your significant other, they’ll explain it to your monkey ass in great lengths- TRUST ME.

Beyond GOD blessing me with the gift of comedy, he’s also blessed me with the resources, drive and insight to make a living from it. And anyone earning greenbacks from their passion can tell you there is nothing like it in this world. To be able to feed my family from making others smile is almost too good to be true. Now don’t get me wrong, it is hard as hell when you are your product. The number of 0’s in your bank account is directly tied to what you do both on & offstage. If you’re not out grinding every night, that’s all that will be in your bank account- 0’s. In order to be successful, you want to get another number other than zero in front of those zeros. You’ve gotta work while your peers are napping. You’ve gotta have long term vision and see the end before others see the beginning. Denzel said it best in Training Day, “The shit’s chess, it aint checkers”.

And I’m working every minute to be the Bobby Fischer of “Good Ass Jokes”.

In order to really see any return on your investment in this business, you’ve gotta generate your own income. Unless you’re on that Kevin Hart status and can sell out multiple shows every night. That day is coming trust me, but until then I’m gonna get it by any means necessary. Here’s the thing—if you are completely reliant on what a club or promoter is gonna pay you, you’re gonna always be broke. Taking gigs you don’t want just to eat and pay your past due cricket wireless bill; that’s not me, I’ve always been imaginative, I’ve always been hungry and I always want more. Wealthy people all know that “money is nothing but an idea”. If you’ve got the right idea and can box it up right, the money always follows.

Since I began my comedy career on September 27, 2006 it has been a journey of duplicity for me. Yes, it’s great to make people smile, and share my God given gift, but I also know without a shadow of a doubt that this is my best shot at becoming wealthy. Chris Rock has a great bit where he explains the difference between Rich & Wealthy,“Shaq is rich, the white man who signs his check is wealthy”.

I’d prefer to be the latter of the two. If I could borrow a line from someone who I often look to for inspiration, Jay-Z (No Hook: The American Gangster Album), “Fuck rich let’s get wealthy who else gon’ feed we/ If I need it I’m gon’ get it however, God help me”. That’s what it’s all about, the bottom line. It’s hard to be funny, when there’s no money.

With this entrepreneurial spirit, and so many of those who I look to for inspiration being cut from this same cloth, it only made sense to follow that Blueprint and MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE. In September of 2009, two years after taking the mic for the first time, I produced, poorly edited and released my first comedy CD aptly entitled “Don’t Judge Me”. My very talented wife & business partner designed the cover which was probably the best part of the entire project (just kidding, it wasn’t perfect but it was funny). I sold them for a little over a year, and took the money I made and reinvested it into the Jason Weems Comedy company. A little over a year later on December 4, 2010 we independently produced & filmed my first hour stand-up special entitled Jason Weems, Vol.1: Intellectual Property. After a lot of hard work, two sold out shows and a strenuous editing process it was released for sale in March, 2011. We’ve been selling the DVD for a year now and they’re available after shows & online exclusively at Official Jason Weems Comedy Store.

With this being chess, I’m always looking for the next opportunity to expand the Jason Weems Comedy brand. Looking for another way to recycle the money back into the business, and continue to bet on myself. So, we took the money made from DVD sales and reinvested it in Jason Weems Comedy again, this time with our brand new line of Jason Weems Comedy T-shirts, AVAILABLE NOW at the official Jason Weems Comedy Store. Three beautiful designs & shirt colors to choose from.

White- Beige Is Beautiful
Sports Gray- Jason Weems Comedy Logo
Black- Good Ass Jokes

I’m like Tommy Davidson in “Spikes Joint” on In Living Color, “You looking for a shirt? Like a t-shirt? Like a Jason Weems Comedy T-shirt? “GOT EM’!!!!! You like, come on’ you gotta like, come on look you gotta like, please baby baby please, please baby baby baby please please baby baby please”.

Do yourself a favor; better yet do me one and hop on over to the official Jason Weems Comedy Store. Check out the site, it’s dope. Buy a DVD, it’s dope too. Buy a t-shirt to wear while watching the DVD. Buy all 3 T-shirts so the whole family can be fashionable while laughing. Whether you want to watch me, wear me or both, support Jason Weems Comedy and good art.

I wrote this blog to promote the new Jason Weems Comedy products, but to also make a statement, “I’m Not A Comedian, I’m a hustler, It Just So Happens, I know How To Tell Good Ass Jokes”.

Thank you for your constant support & positive energy.

These aren't my kids, my kids look more mob-like.

I was dying to sit down and engulf myself in what was on the other side of that link, but I had 30 kindergartners staring back at me from their learning boxes on the alphabet carpet, and they weren’t having any part of that. “You don’t mess with a mob of toddlers sitting crisscross applesauce, you just don’t do it”– not if you are fond of living. So just like that I had to defer my anticipation for at least another hour until the school day officially wrapped, “DAMNIT”. My focus was nonexistent as I repeatedly attempted to open the link on my Blackberry Torch, or what I now refer to as my Blackberry “Buffering”. It’s an amazing device for my day-to-day use of placing calls and emailing, but throw a little video in the mix and it turns into a Gay pride Extravaganza on my screen. That rainbow pinwheel just starts twirling around without a care in the world- “Its FABULOUUUS”!

I wanted to shoot home immediately following school to get a little bit of that Comcast High Speed Internet in my life (yeah, we’re doing really well, don’t hate), but my hectic schedule is like that toddler mob, and wasn’t having any part of that either. A gang of errands, a half tank of gas and a full 9 hours after receiving the message, it was now 11pm and I was finally sitting in front of the computer with my wife ready to see what was what. It was serious too; we had a nice meal and were washed and ready to be tucked in after the viewing.

We pushed play, and let me say this, “it was well worth the wait”. I have long been a Denzel Washington fan for his unbridled work ethic, charismatic presence and ability to transform everything he touches into something uniquely his own. Being an artist myself, a standup comedian who acts every night onstage, I study greatness in all forms whether it pertains directly to comedy or not. I have a deep appreciation for that elite group of people who refuse to settle for mediocrity, who refuse to settle for good. It’s either All or Nothing, leave it all where you stand or don’t standup at all.

The career path that I have chosen or shall I say that chose me, is one that is in no way for the faint of heart. The only way to thrive in standup is to be fearless. The second you second-guess yourself is the second you lose your edge. It’s unlike any other art form and in my opinion it is the purest of them all. It’s just you, your thoughts and a microphone. Unless your Gallagher or something, in that case fresh produce may be involved. There is no way to practice other than in front of a live audience, you can’t work it out behind closed doors at home and perfect it, it’s literally trial by fire. NO instruments, NO background singers, NO Nothing. If you don’t crush, you can’t blame it on your horn section like James Brown. “Hey mf, who hit the B flat”. My business is surrounded by failure, its rooted in failure and if you want to make some noise in this business, you better become well acquainted with it. I was just talking to one of my very closest friends in comedy, or in general for that matter about this the other night. She and I were just swapping stories about what comedy takes you through and all of the hits you’ve gotta absorb in order to progress. “It kicks you far more than it kisses you”. Shout out to the hilarious Erin Jackson, www.erinjackson.net.

Reggie Jackson

My wife sees what I go through firsthand, and when she saw this Denzel video it was a message she knew would do me, and those around me a lot of good. His message was to not fall back, but to Fall Forward. He said that he has never understood the concept of “having something to fall back on”. “If I fall, I don’t want to fall back on anything except my faith. I want to Fall Forward, at least this way I’ll see what I’m going to hit”.

Thomas Edison

He goes on to say that Reggie Jackson struck out more than any other player in baseball history, but you don’t hear about the strikeouts because people only remember the home-runs- Fall Forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1000 failed experiments that you never heard of because the 1001^st was the light bulb- Fall Forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success. You may have the talent to succeed, but do you have the guts to fail?

What a great question to ask yourself. Do you? It’s easy to sit high and pretty when all goes to plan, but what

Shawn Christopher Weems (6-month ultra-sound)

happens when it does not. What are you made of? It’s like Dr. King said “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”. What are you measuring up to be? I can’t answer that question for you, but I can for myself- GREAT. People always ask me who do you want to be like? Who do you want to be the next of? I don’t want to be the next anything, the next Pryor, Rock, Cosby or Chappelle. I want to be the first Jason Weems. This is what we should all want for ourselves. You were made YOU for a reason; EMBRACE IT. Be the genuine article GOD created you to be and let that be your praise. As my wife and I count down the days until our first child Shawn Christopher is born, these are the lessons we are preparing to teach him. Not just by words, but by example. Live your life like it’s your last, because it is. Love hard, don’t look back, take risks and smile while you’re doing it all. We’re all going to Fall, believe that, so like Denzel said “Fall Forward”.

“To get things you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.”- Pauletta Washington

When I arrived home from teaching the youngin’s a few days ago, I discovered eleven huge boxes awaiting me on my porch like a scorned woman in a Tyler Perry Film.

One of my wife's favorites...Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Although, I was eager to crack the packages open, I have to admit there was some hesitation. Not hesitation because I didn’t want to see our hard work finally culminated, but hesitation because I didn’t want to remove the packing paper and read– Jason Williams, Vol. 11, Intellectual Properly. If you’re still asking wondering, “what’s the problem?”, you need to order the popular breakthrough As Seen On TV product “Your Baby Can Read”… for YOURSELF.

For those of you who caught that, my last Name is Weems, not Williams (amongst the several other grammatical errors). Yet, as long as I can remember, I’ve been called the latter. Example: This is me checking in for a doctor’s appointment.

Me: “Hi, my name is Jason Weems and I have a 3:15pm with Dr. Jones”.

Receptionist: “Hi Mr. Williams, if you can have a seat in the waiting area, Dr. Jones will be with you right away”.

I sit in the waiting area and then hear the receptionist speaking on the phone to the nurse in the back.

Receptionist: “Hi Julie, Dr Jones’ 3:15pm Patrick Williams is here”.

My Inner Monologue in the Late Great Bernie Mac’s Voice From The Players Club: “Who the F@%K is Patrick, how did I become SpongeBobs BFF, you better wear your bullet proof vest ALL Day, ALL MF’ing Day”.

But after 3 decades of this, you learn to pick your battles. If this were an answer on Jeopardy, it would be… What is “Surrender”? And, you would be correct.

Enough of that though, like I tell my kindergarteners, “let’s get back on task”. Whether you call me Weems or Williams, I’d love for you to purchase a copy of this DVD and support great standup comedy aka “Jason Weems”. This project was a true labor of love and the first installment of many more standup specials to come from me. It was filmed live in front of TWO SOLD OUT crowds at the LOF/t Theater in my hometown of Baltimore, MD and the final product is nothing short of mind blowing. Check out the trailer, and follow the link below to purchase your very own copy of Jason Weems, Vol.1: Intellectual Property.

It’s approximately 95 Hi-Def shrink wrapped minutes of GOOD ASS JOKES which also includes an exclusive behind the scenes trailer of my forthcoming documentary– The Making Of Jason Weems, Vol.1: Intellectual Property slated to be released in 2012.

Thank you in advance for your purchase, and stay tuned for more from Jason Weems Comedy.

“VOL. 2 COMING SOON”!