Jamie Kennedy stops by WRAL News at 9

IN COMING UP WITH

WELCOME BACK.

SCREEN, BOILER ROOM, KICKING IT

OLD SCHOOL.

JAMIE KENNEDY'S CAREER HAS

SPANNED THREE DECADES AND STILL

GOING STRONG.

HE IS CURRENTLY ON THE COMEDY

STAGE AND HE STILL LOOKS THAT

GOOD.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE AT THE

IMPROV?

>> YES I AM.

I AM THERE TONIGHT.

>> AND YOU WERE THERE LAST

NIGHT?

>> SO THIS IS EARLY MORNING FOR

YOU.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING GREAT.

I AM LOOKING A LITTLE --

>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT.

>> IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU

>> JUST YELL, I WILL HEAR YOU.

>> I MISS YOU.

>> I MISS YOU AS WELL.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

WE WERE PRACTICALLY NEIGHBORS

GROWING UP IN PENNSYLVANIA.

>> AND THEN YOU STARTED OFF IN

A BUNCH OF BIT ACTOR SPOTS.

JUST KIND OF SMALL ROLES.

WILL SCREAM, WAS AT THE

BREAKTHROUGH?

>> THAT WAS A GOOD CHANCE FOR

ME.

THAT WAS DEFINITELY HELPING ME

OUT AND BEFORE THAT WAS AN

EXTRA PICKS BEEN I DID A LOT OF

EXTRA WORK YOU KNOW BACKGROUND

ACTING AND STUFF.

RED LOBSTER.

THAT WAS NOT ACTING.

>> THE I WILL TELL YOU HOW WARM

IT WAS I WORKED IT RED LOBSTER

BE CHEDDAR BAY BISCUIT.

>> THAT JUST DATES IT RIGHT

THERE.

>> WHAT KEPT YOU GOING?

DO ALL THAT STUFF?

YOU COULD HAVE PACKED IT IN.

>> PRETTY MUCH I HAD NOTHING

ELSE SO I WAS LIKE I LOVE TO DO

IT.

WHAT ELSE AM I GOING TO DO?

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE.

I DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE.

>> YOU AVOIDED THE DEBT.

>> I HATE STUDENT LOAN AND DEBT

COMMERCIALS EVEN MORE.

>>'S STUDENT LOAN DEBT RUINING

YOUR CREDIT?

YES.

>> AND WE JUST HAD THAT

SEGMENT.

AND WE ARE ON THE FRONT END OF

IT.

>> SO AFTER SCREAM, YOU DID

SOME OTHER THINGS AND WHEN DID

IT COME PART OF YOUR PLAN TO DO

STANDUP COMEDY?

>> I STARTED STANDUP AND THEN

STARTED THEIR AND ACTING IN

STANDUP WAS HOW I ACTUALLY

STARTED.

>> BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING IT

SINCE THE EARLY 90s.

>> JAMIE KENNEDY EXPERIMENTS.

>> AND THAT WAS A LOT OF OFF-

THE-CUFF IN STANDUP.

NEARLY LET'S GET JAMIE KIND OF

STUFF.

>> AND IT WAS A SHOW I WANTED

TO SHOW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF ME

AND PEOPLE GET REALLY MAD AT

THE END OF THE SEGMENTS.

IT WAS FUNNY FOR YOU GUYS THE

HOME.

>> YOU WERE THINKING EVERYBODY.

>> I WOULD DRESS-UP IN A

COSTUME AND BE LIKE IT IS A

JOKE.

>> THE JUDGE WILL BE ON

TONIGHT.

>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF JOKES

BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THEM

HERE.

IT IS EARLY MORNING.

>> THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

FACILITY I HAVE BEEN IN.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT IS ALL GROWN UP NOW.

>> LAST TIME I WAS HERE IT WAS

ALL WOODS.

>> WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND SHOWS TONIGHT.

TO TOMORROW AS WELL AND CHECK

THEM OUT AT THE RALEIGH IMPROV

JAMIE KENNEDY.

THANKS MAN.

>> I WILL RE