Missed CeeLo Signing
7:21A fake record-store employee accuses CeeLo Green of missing a packed CD signing and threatens to remove his album from the shelves. CeeLo insists nobody informed him, curses the caller, and is pranked by Tommy and the store crew.
Transcript
165 linesHello.
I'm trying to reach Manny.
Is this Manny?
Nah, this ain't Manny, man.
This is sweat.
Who's this man?
Hey, this Raheem, man.
Uh wow, this what okay.
Hey, uh Mr.
Keith, you uh we we got we got people down here.
You're supposed to be here at that d record store, man, right here in Harlem and and we got people wrapped around the building.
You're supposed to be here signing these CDs, man, but it's been over an hour, these people have been standing here waiting on y'all.
Yo, man, I don't know nothing about no d record store and uh and number two, I don't know nothing about doing no signing, man.
Who set this up, man?
I I don't know.
I I mean uh the name I was given was Manny.
Who was who was Manny?
Manny's my road manager, but he don't set things up, man.
He's a road manager.
He's not my manager.
He just handled my stuff on the road.
But I was never told I was supposed to be nowhere to do anything, man.
I mean normally when somebody tells me me and them have an understanding that I I I book what I'm supposed to do.
So I don't know nothing about this, my brother.
Okay, well, you know, we gotta get this taken care of.
We got people wrapped around the building, we got a table here laid out.
got uh pins and everything for you to sign these CDs, man.
We got over a hundred people outside the store.
My brother, I I I nobody told me about no no signings or no nothing, man.
I mean I I don't know nothing about no signing.
For real.
Okay, well you are you hearing what I'm saying to you man.
We got people outside the building waiting for you to arrive to sign some CDs.
Now what I'm supposed to tell these people I don't know what you supposed to tell them, man.
I mean you know I'm and and it's kinda like you raising your voice, dude.
I don't I don't I first of all I don't know even know who you are calling me like this.
I told you man, I done set nothing up man and you know I mean I don't even know who gave you my number, you know what I'm saying so I mean I I don't handle all this information was on the facts machine.
I got this as a contact number.
Manny is the person I'm supposed to be talking to and Mr Sweat was supposed to arrive here at twelve noon.
Now here it is it's it's one fifteen one twenty man and you ain't here and we got people wrapped around the building.
We've been advertising this for the last two weeks.
I mean the album dropped today.
I don't think you I mean no disrespect to you but I don't think you hear me man.
I I I don't know nothing about a sign in if I knew about a sign in or knew I had a sign in session I wouldn't have the people sitting around or standing around like that.
That's not what I do.
But no one informed me that nothing like this was going down today.
You know what I'm saying?
So you know Okay, but look man, now that you realize people are here waiting, what are you gonna do?
What I'm supposed to tell 'em?
Man, there's no way in the world I can get down there and do a sign in at this time late time right now, man.
I mean you need to get your bag and that I'm you're gonna you need you need to get try to try to get yourself down here.
I I think you just called me on my name or something man.
What did you just say to me man?
No, no, no I'm saying I I'm saying you need to try and come on down and sign sign these C Ds for these people, man.
These people are here, they're waiting in line, they've been waiting over an hour on you.
Now this this not gonna look good.
This is the date we got your we got your C D almost on every show day.
I I'm I'm feeling you and I I'm uh I understand now understand what you're saying to me, but there's no way I can get down there, man.
We you just gonna have to reschedule this or we gonna have to reschedule this.
I apologize for the you know misunderstanding, but bottom line is I knew nothing about it.
Hold hold on hold on a second.
Hold on.
Mr.
Anderson, he s this is Mr.
Sweat.
He's saying he don't know anything about being here.
I'm telling him we got people all wrapped all around the building.
He don't care.
Yo, yo, dude, I didn't say I didn't care.
I said there's nothing I could do.
I didn't say it up.
I didn't say that man.
Don't put words in my mouth, my brother.
What do you want me to do?
All you gotta do is reschedule it for another time, man.
That's what you do.
I hold on man I'm talking to my boss.
I'm trying to figure out how to get we got people finna get mad man because you're not here.
Okay now whoever Manny Manny needs his whoop man.
He does say what I don't know nothing about that man.
I ain't got nothing to do with that man.
All I know is that nobody told me about that.
You know I'll call Manny and then I ask who said this.
I don't do things unless I know where where it's coming from
you can get yourself down if you keep further man, you don't talk to me like I'm your child, man.
You keep saying there was no way I can get my you know back up with on what you say.
Hey man, man, we haven't a problem.
This is supposed to be one of the biggest days of our record store.
We got your CD on every shelf and you you just so calm and collect like it's not a problem with you.
What I'm supposed to do man when I didn't know nothing about it.
I understand it's a problem is a problem because it made me look like I'm a no show but dude I'm telling you again I knew nothing about this man.
Hold on hold on one second.
Take all his damn CDs off the shelf.
Every last one of them Yo, yo, I don't know what you talking about, man.
You losing your darn mind right now, man.
I'm not trying to disrespect you dude but you really losing your mind right now.
You doing something you ain't got no business though man.
I said reschedule the situation man.
You know tomorrow the day I'm we rescheduling when the album drops today.
Okay, well there's nothing I could do about this dude.
Nothing.
Who you wait wait sound like you raising your voice that we're saying my voice man because you now you now you disrespect me.
You don't call my phone going off like like like I'm somebody child like I'm you
So you can't stop what you do and bring your butt down here to the record store.
No, I'm not sure what you're doing.
I can't stop what I'm doing.
No, no, no, no.
I can't stop what I'm doing, man.
But what you doing right now, that's so important, you can't come.
Man, it ain't none of your business what I'm doing right now, dude.
I'm saying I know I knew nothing about this, man.
So I'm not gonna keep going back and forth with you like I gotta explain to you why I can't I gotta stop what I'm doing to come down there.
I knew nothing about it.
It's not my fault, dude.
You need to take this up with somebody who scheduled this because I didn't schedule it.
There's a right and a wrong way to look the a right and a wrong way to do somebody.
Mr.
Sweat.
Oh man, come on now, you recite them m my songs, man.
Come on, man.
Okay.
I'm just gonna go out here and tell everybody in the line, Mr.
Sweat don't wanna come.
Okay?
And I'm taking all of the damn CDs off the shelf because you don't wanna stand up and be the celebrity that you supposed to be.
Man, okay, no, you know what, man?
You do what you gotta do, man.
At this point, you do what you gotta do, man.
But the you yo, w who am I talking to anyway?
This Raheem, man.
Rahim.
Raheem.
I work here at the store.
Okay, well, I see you, Rahim.
You go ahead and do what you give me to do, and I'll come and see you, dude.
What what what what you mean you gonna see me?
What that means.
I'll see you.
I see you.
Yeah, I'll see you.
That's what it means.
I'll see you.
Okay, 'cause 'cause the bottom line is, man, Tommy said you was gonna come.
He the one said you was gonna come sign.
Tommy, who?
Now you Raheem, Tommy, who the who the hell is a Tommy?
Tommy, man, nephew Tommy fr from the Steve Harvey morning show.
Swear I got your
boy, man, you know what?
Man, y'all tripping, boy, for real.
You crazy, boy.
I mean, you know what I mean?
Y'all don't have anything better to do than to call me and mess with me, man.
I knew the album was dropping, man.
I said, I'm getting it today.
You good?
Yeah, I'm good, man.
I'm good, man.
Boy, you crazy boy.
Oh man, let me get off this phone, man.
Y'all do what just
man, I had to get you dog.
Look here, you know, I know you got your show, but you got to tell me what is the baddest radio show in the morning.
The Steve Hobby Morning show, man.
Get off my phone, nephew Tom.