I was at City College in New York, and I had to do a speech in class. As he puts it, “I want to achieve everything!” Scroll down to read our exclusive Q&A interview with Jimmie! “It’s always been my belief that there are enough people in the world who still want to laugh at clean, decent jokes.” Having never wed nor had kids, Jimmie remains married to his career and continues to push forward toward new goals. “I guess I’m old-school - I don’t think anyone’s doing what I do anymore,” Jimmie said. That’s because his comic style is timeless. “And the people who see us seem to like us.”
The title “means, despite what some people in the industry are saying - you’re too old or out of style - we’re still here, writing and grinding,” Jimmie explained. He still tours the country as a stand-up comic and recently released a special, We Are Still Here - available on Amazon, iTunes, and other platforms - with Police Academy sound-effects specialist Michael Winslow. Perhaps it’s this kind of humility that keeps Jimmie working so hard at 71. Please, I’ll call you when I’m a superstar.
“People knew who I was, but they knew who Charlie Manson was. “People think it happened to me, but it didn’t,” he exclusively told Closer Weekly in the magazine’s latest issue, on newsstands now. Evans on the hit 1970s sitcom Good Times, Jimmie Walker swept the nation with his catchphrase “Dyn-o-mite!” But in his mind, he never became a superstar.
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