Sunshine State spotlight: Tez Brooks a.k.a. Dolla Bill
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Published by Sareth Ney on Jan. 07, 2016 at 10:11 a.m.
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Photo credit: Tez Brooks
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tez Brooks is a stand-up comedian. At times—he goes by the moniker, Dolla Bill. His material includes his family and the world around him. What he wants people to realize about him is whatever he does, his actions comes off naturally and real.
With the first impression Brooks would like people to think of him, it made it easy for him to transition into stand-up comedy. After his friend encouraged him to give it a try, he declined at first. Then, Brooks woke up one day and wanted to give it a go. Comedy had always come naturally to him and he always joked around with friends growing up, in and out of the classroom.
Brooks remembered his first experience as fun because his family was in attendance. He stated their presence made it easy for him to talk about them. After the first trial—he described it as a rush, how it has yet to be duplicated and is unexplainable. He was hooked, from the moment on.
In the comedy tradition of a roast, Brooks picked six comedians to roast him. Regardless if they were alive or passed on, he chose: Redd Foxx, DL Hughley, Robin Williams, Sheryl Underwood and Earthquake. If he were to go on a tour with five comedians, he chose: Sommore, Dave Chappelle, Karlous Miller, Tony Rock and Chris Rock.
With the star-studded roster of Brooks’ dream tour and roast, Brooks also mentioned some comedic works from the small and big screens he enjoyed viewing. His favorite television shows included “Seinfeld” and “The Jamie Foxx Show”. He cited his favorite comedy movie was “Friday”. His favorite character, “Smokey”, from the film was portrayed by Chris Tucker. The reason he chose Tucker was because he was “funny all around”. He was also nonchalant, when it came to him delivering his lines.
When Brooks is away from the stage—he enjoys writing, living and making people mad. He hopes to branch out in other forms of comedy including: a comedy album, a comedy sketch show, a variety show, a sitcom and perform improvisational comedy. He looks forward to any opportunity which opens up to him because he believes there are no limits to what he can do with his sense of humor. In the next five years, he hopes to work behind the scenes. He sees himself writing comedy films and for the stage.
With the first impression Brooks would like people to think of him, it made it easy for him to transition into stand-up comedy. After his friend encouraged him to give it a try, he declined at first. Then, Brooks woke up one day and wanted to give it a go. Comedy had always come naturally to him and he always joked around with friends growing up, in and out of the classroom.
Brooks remembered his first experience as fun because his family was in attendance. He stated their presence made it easy for him to talk about them. After the first trial—he described it as a rush, how it has yet to be duplicated and is unexplainable. He was hooked, from the moment on.
In the comedy tradition of a roast, Brooks picked six comedians to roast him. Regardless if they were alive or passed on, he chose: Redd Foxx, DL Hughley, Robin Williams, Sheryl Underwood and Earthquake. If he were to go on a tour with five comedians, he chose: Sommore, Dave Chappelle, Karlous Miller, Tony Rock and Chris Rock.
With the star-studded roster of Brooks’ dream tour and roast, Brooks also mentioned some comedic works from the small and big screens he enjoyed viewing. His favorite television shows included “Seinfeld” and “The Jamie Foxx Show”. He cited his favorite comedy movie was “Friday”. His favorite character, “Smokey”, from the film was portrayed by Chris Tucker. The reason he chose Tucker was because he was “funny all around”. He was also nonchalant, when it came to him delivering his lines.
When Brooks is away from the stage—he enjoys writing, living and making people mad. He hopes to branch out in other forms of comedy including: a comedy album, a comedy sketch show, a variety show, a sitcom and perform improvisational comedy. He looks forward to any opportunity which opens up to him because he believes there are no limits to what he can do with his sense of humor. In the next five years, he hopes to work behind the scenes. He sees himself writing comedy films and for the stage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is known as the journalist/superhero, Wu-Man Chu, after meeting some members of Wu-Tang Clan. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts artists into his hall of fame, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
