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• Bosco Pearson, Joe Pogue, Shyrod Long & Steve McBride • Episode 256

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Ever notice how some jokes age like fine wine while others turn flat the second the credits roll? We dig into that sweet spot where craft, culture, and timing collide—starting with the thorny question of separating art from the artist as the Diddy headlines swirl, then moving straight into the films and shows that shaped our comedic DNA. From Boomerang’s Black elegance and Harlem Nights’ stacked cast to Life’s eternal quotables, we unpack why Eddie Murphy still holds the belt for big-screen comedy while Jamie Foxx might be the most versatile performer of his generation—piano, pipes, and punchlines on demand.

We run a spirited bracket on the funniest Black sitcoms to last five seasons, with Martin winning on character work alone—Dragonfly Jones, Jerome, and Otis still crack us up. Then it’s a lap through sketch comedy’s hall of fame: In Living Color as blueprint, Chappelle’s Show as peak, and the ripple effect across Key & Peele. TV nostalgia hits hard with New York Undercover and a spicy take on The Wire, raising the question of what’s timeless versus what’s just beloved. Along the way, we share personal stories, unexpected cameos we forgot we knew, and the kind of lived-in details you only get from rewatching classics at 2 a.m.

Horror fans get a full segment too. We draw clean lines between thrillers and slashers, break down why The Conjuring rattled grown folks, and revisit Candyman’s lingering dread. Even spoofs get their flowers—Scary Movie, Hollywood Shuffle, and a few cult picks that still surprise. We close with a tight watch list—Vampire in Brooklyn and Talking Dirty After Dark included—and a big takeaway: classics aren’t crowned by hype, they’re proven by rewatch value, quotability, and how well they keep saying something real long after the moment passes.

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Roll Call And Shout Outs

SPEAKER_06

That was a good uh free combo conversation. We're gonna say that for Patreon. Yeah. That's what we're gonna start doing. We need somebody to teach us IG.

SPEAKER_01

I know a little bit.

SPEAKER_06

Get a time account out of there, bro. Hey, y'all gonna hear a couple uh well one voice that's been a guest host. One was a guest host. But when was you? You was here a couple years ago, huh? Y'all know we've been doing it for a while, but welcome to the Nobody's Talking podcast. This is your boy, Bosco. And to my left, it's not Silky, but it he looks just like Silky.

SPEAKER_03

It is Gerard. Some people call me J Dog, you know, the other half of the one of the twin prowers.

SPEAKER_06

And to his left, D Nasty dog. We got we we got D Nasty in the house. Welcome, welcome. AKA Mississippi. And to his left, Superman is in the building. Doom toom. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Hey, see, we hey, see, we miss our other sound effects. See, we got we got two uh niggas fancy like that.

SPEAKER_03

Now hey, what is it?

SPEAKER_06

So look, this is what we're gonna do. I'm gonna send a shout out. I've been starting the shows off with shout-outs, right? Right. This is to the 20th Street and Greenway AT Aliens, aka Dirty Birds, aka Magic City, Lemon Pepper Wings, aka you dirty bitch. Start talking about no lemon peppers wings.

SPEAKER_03

I'm being hungry.

SPEAKER_06

No, hey, shout out to the 20th Street and Greenway crew.

SPEAKER_04

Lemon peppers.

SPEAKER_06

AKA Magic City Lemon Pepper Wings. The dirty birds. Dirty birds. AT aliens.

SPEAKER_04

Here we go.

Diddy Allegations And Accountability

SPEAKER_06

Now, so we got J. Rod and D Nasty sitting in with us. We're gonna have uh I don't know. Y'all know we start sitting down and start talking about whatever. I know, hey, I want to talk about even though I've been watching a Puff Daddy, I've watched a first episode three times. Oh yeah. Three times every single dude.

SPEAKER_05

I'm so tired of that shit, bro.

SPEAKER_03

Hey, so so I hear the first episode is basically recapping everything we already know.

SPEAKER_06

Hey this shit It's interesting now. Hey, listen, well, okay, let me tell y'all no go ahead. Let me ask y'all.

SPEAKER_05

Okay. Diddy fucked up, right? Whatever. Right. Fucked up, right? Absolutely. Oh diddy. Cassie ain't got no blame in none of this shit. Like, man. I I listen, I I still want to do it.

SPEAKER_06

So you what you say, you still want to do it too? I still want to do her.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, yeah, but the video. The video, bruh, I mean, think about it. The video, it it make Diddy look bad.

SPEAKER_05

Okay, but the video happened. Okay, let's say Steve get up and punch me right now. Nigga, we either fighting or I'm leaving, right?

SPEAKER_03

Agreed, right, right.

SPEAKER_05

Why you staying? Why you staying? Agreed. Because that money. And as soon as you leave the nigga, you suit you, you gotta show a baby daddy to talk you into, oh, we should sue this nigga. That's you could get some money off of this. Yeah. Play the victim.

SPEAKER_03

That's what these hoes do, though. Sorry, Cassie. I didn't mean to call you a hoe. Oh my god. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_06

Chris Brown said these hoes ain't loyal.

SPEAKER_05

He's right about that. Man, this is generally speaking. I'm so tired of that. I'm so tired. Yeah. I'm so goddamn tired. I'm so tired. I can't stand him. He he he's so disgusting.

SPEAKER_06

Oh yeah? So is that business?

SPEAKER_04

A whole bunch of motherfuckers out there.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, hey, isn't it isn't it funny though? I I will tell y'all this.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Now this is two. Now this is a in a this is a span of me living in Ohio and even moving out here. I knew two young ladies that kinda you know obviously part of the industry. They knew him and kind of hung around like the crew and all that. And this was 90 my boy used to talk to one of the young ladies and they were just saying that he wasn't a nice he wasn't a nice person or good person. Now it's just funny because you know I ain't thinking nothing. I'm like, shit, that nigga fine with me.

SPEAKER_00

Right.

SPEAKER_06

Well I get I don't even know him. So now you fast forward and to see all the stuff that's coming out.

SPEAKER_05

All the stuff that's coming out, you be like, damn you say that for all these Hollywood niggas. You know what I'm saying? No, no, no, no, no, that's true.

SPEAKER_06

That's true. That's true.

SPEAKER_05

You know what I'm saying? Get a little bit of paper, a little notoriety.

SPEAKER_03

They feel like they can shit on anybody. Especially the dudes like Diddy. I mean, if you think about it, I mean, this guy has been pretty much on top of the music industry for what? 25, 30 years. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's been a long time when he put it on. Like when that Mary J. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Like 91, 92. Instead, he's got a lot of people. He probably was right.

SPEAKER_05

But you gotta think. He Jodice before that. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's right. Jodice was, yeah. They were whatever he was with Lafayce or whatever.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Hey, you're gonna get caught if you're doing dirty, though, at some point.

SPEAKER_06

Because I hey it was funny because I was talking to a young lady earlier, and it was just funny to hear her take. Just because she's like like young, not even in. She don't even know Diddy. Exactly. Actually, Doug, I think she's 19, 19 or 20. So, you know, when you're sitting up here, and I'm just like, hey, she was like, Oh, I watched that, and it was just interesting. Like to hear her thoughts on it, like, and she just being like, Oh, he's not obviously he's not a good person, he's bad, and talked about the incident with you know him and the mom.

SPEAKER_03

Let me ask you this. So was it 50? I know Daddy's trying to get it or try trying to do a season on Netflix, right? But how did 50 get all this information? I mean somebody in the crew.

SPEAKER_05

But my other thing about this is it's a generational thing, right? Because our generation, I don't give a fuck about what you do outside of what you're producing to the world. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_06

That's why I still like R. Kelly. Because think about it. I'm sorry, still listening to R. Kelly.

SPEAKER_05

If we're being honest, Arbor, how many of y'all niggas still watching Harvey Weinstein movies? Because uh there's a shit ton of them out there. Oh, I mean, I'm pretty sure I am, bro. It's so much shit we we we should stop listening to or promoting, but no, that no, that's true.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, that is true. Hey, I'm pretty sure. I'm like, that shit could be like Weinstein. I'm like, hell, that was a good ass movie.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, you got a young lady at your house right now. What you gonna throw on some aura? You trying to get in the mood?

Separating Art From The Artist

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, and you're gonna probably throw on the Harvey Weinstein movie. You're definitely right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, you be like, listen, if we stop listening to half the things, I mean, well, obviously, nobody's flawless. But I mean, ain't nobody ever did nothing despicable or crazy like that. The Cosby show come on right now. I'm still watching. Oh, yeah, no, I still yeah, I still watch the Cosby show. I still watch the Cosby show. Uh I saw actually uh man, what channel was it on? It threw me back, like Fat Albert. Fat Albert was on. I was like, like, what in the hell? I was changing through the channels and they did the live action fat Albert.

SPEAKER_03

Who played Fat Albert? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was alright, but it wasn't.

SPEAKER_06

Hey Kenny, he's having a good rain on Saturday Night Live, though, boy.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, he's been on there 20 some years long.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, has anybody watched the Eddie Murphy documentary then?

SPEAKER_05

Is that good? I did. Yeah, I did.

SPEAKER_06

See how the nigga floss on us? Hey, if your house gets cold, what you do? You shut the window, right? Or do you shut your roof? Nigga. Crazy. Flexed. He said, ooh, I'm cold. I'm like, here, let me shut the windows. I was like, damn, you living like that? I was like, yo, okay. I'm like, where's that house at? I'm sitting up here looking. I know we're in California.

SPEAKER_03

How many movies did Eddie Murphy done did though? Think about it. 30? We talking about good or the bad everything.

SPEAKER_06

He still got paid for all of them. He's still making movies. I know it's still a bunt, well, I'm pretty sure. I know there's a lot I still haven't seen.

SPEAKER_03

As far as I mean, seen all the nutty professors.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, yeah, no, I seen all that.

SPEAKER_05

You gotta think he was in legal defense. He was only in it for five minutes. Fucking first 48, 48 hours. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_06

Like, bro. Yeah, so yeah, I watched all that.

SPEAKER_03

All the Beverly Hills cops and favorite Eddie Murphy movie. Boomerang. It's not even close. Yeah, boomerang. Hey. I'm still boomerang. I'm still I'm still jealous. Coming to America's good, it's funny.

SPEAKER_05

Life is probably his best movie, but Boomerang is my favorite. Yeah, he did his thing with Boomerang. Boomerang. Black elegance at the finest. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_06

And comedic comedic movie.

SPEAKER_05

Coming to America. No.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I'm going to Harlem Knights.

SPEAKER_04

I'm going Harlem Knights, too.

SPEAKER_06

I'm going Harlem Knights.

SPEAKER_04

I like Trading Places. I'll be honest with you.

SPEAKER_06

I tried to trade places was good.

SPEAKER_04

Harlem Knights had me rolling. Harlem Knights, though. I don't watch it. That is.

SPEAKER_06

Because there's so many uh bad portrayals, just a black man in general. Like they see you, or they just assume like okay, everybody. Dude, I see white people with their pants tagging down. You know what I'm saying? I can only speak to our community because I grew up and I live in a community. Boomerang. And there's times where us, we look down on each other. Oh, we the worst. And you sitting up here thinking like, dude, I'm I'm telling you, I don't even uh can Can I be real though, why why I don't like boomerang? Oh hell.

SPEAKER_03

Robin Givens? No, man. Must have been the ugly toast. Nah, man. Who was who was his friend's name that was trying to get with Halle Berry in that movie? Oh, David Allen Greer? Yeah, what was his name in the movie, though? Gerard. Exactly. Nigga, I wanted Halle Berry, nigga. Man, that's why I wanted Halle Berry.

SPEAKER_04

I'm just saying. Listen. Listen. You ain't no one wanted Halle Berry. Who you picked. Just table wanted Halle Berry.

SPEAKER_06

I'm picking Halle Berry.

SPEAKER_03

Everybody.

SPEAKER_06

Halleberry, Robin Givens.

SPEAKER_03

Halle Berry, bro. Everybody.

SPEAKER_05

You picking Robin Givens? No. What's uh uh she was sunshine and uh in Hollywood Rashawn? She was in the I would take her. He went to fucking defeat.

SPEAKER_03

Hey man, that's I hate Robin Givens. I hate her.

SPEAKER_05

I love that. I love Tyson. Okay, no.

SPEAKER_06

So did you like her? See, no, because you don't remember when she was in uh head of the class. Yeah. I remember. Okay. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

She remembered she was in head of the class, right?

SPEAKER_05

I'm still I she's she still was probably. Was it that? Yeah, it was head of the class that she was in. She's still probably third best in that movie. I like Holly Campbell. Huh? Is it the fucking? No, it's the Tyson thing.

SPEAKER_06

Tisha Campbell was in it. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Tisha Campbell. Oh, she was, bro.

SPEAKER_06

That's one Tis Door funny, bro. That movie's out. No, you know what? Hey, every time that movie, Boomerang. Hey, here, okay. See, this is gonna be. Since Joe ain't here, I gotta tell my stories. All right. One time, I remember it was uh it was me, Sonia, and her brother. We saw it was actually called the No Limit Comedy Tour.

SPEAKER_05

Eddie Griffin was on that.

Eddie Murphy Era And Film Favorites

SPEAKER_06

They came through Cleveland. Dude, I sat down, it was only for 10 minutes, and I absolutely feel blessed that it happened. John Witherspoon was sitting outside of the club that we can, you know, he was making his appearance, but you know, he was already older and we in our 20s, but he was just sitting right outside. Man, I sat there and talked to that dude for 10 minutes. I was like, man, this cat, uh, he was cool. I didn't know he was from Detroit. And he was just like, it was so funny because like a young lady would go through, he'd just make like, you know, making a little joke. That's how he was like, that's him.

SPEAKER_00

Oh girl.

SPEAKER_06

And he was like, Oh, you better go. Oh, no, hold on. You with your lady. You can't go get that. I'm just sitting up here thinking, like, man, this cat is it, it's just so I use that story too because you and your brother, like this podcast end up blowing up. I don't want you niggas to start acting brand new. Oh, nigga, I'm all new.

SPEAKER_00

I'm all new. I know your brother is.

SPEAKER_03

I get a little money, I'm acting different.

SPEAKER_05

I told y'all at the hill how I was.

SPEAKER_03

You put a little money in my pocket, nigga. I'm acting different.

SPEAKER_06

No, but he he was, it was like to say, just the only time uh I've seen him other times before, but the one time I just got to just talk to him real quick. And he was just sitting down there chilling, and I was like, dog, this cat. I just remember way back from a house party. Man, he was like, Oh, I'm calling the police. You remember? He was saying, but when he went 911, yeah, I hope. That shit took me out. And when the when the wife, she's classic too, but on Martin, Myra, hell yeah. She gotta go to work on Myra's feet. She was like, kind of bad, Harry.

SPEAKER_05

He was like, Wait, this even small roll, like his role in fucking uh uh five heartbeats, that little bitty role he had in there. Oh, that was in Five Heartbeats.

SPEAKER_06

Dude, dude, this cat, listen. You a move you got you gotta come, you gotta come over here. He was a meteor man, dog.

SPEAKER_05

He knew everything, bro.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, but I'm telling y'all now, to me, that cat had me week on Vampire in Brooklyn.

SPEAKER_03

Oh my god. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_05

This cat looked like lessy compared to that duck. That is an underrated people hit on that movie. Oh, yeah. That shit listen. Hey, that's your motherfucking movie too. Nah, it was fucking his accent was terrible. Oh, yeah, it was. But when that nigga was in the back and he was like, shut the fuck up.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, damn it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, listen. The the little part, because I love Cadeen Hardison too. I love Kadine Hardison. Yeah. So when that cat, remember when his ear, his ear fell off. Oh yeah. Oh man. It was either his ear or his eye. Something fell off. His ear fell off. Everything. And he was he was sitting up there, he was looking. And he was like, hey, everybody, watch your step. And I think his boy. He said, I said, watch your step, nigga. Because the boy stepped on the top.

SPEAKER_04

Vampom.

SPEAKER_06

Dawh. I think I might watch that.

SPEAKER_04

I might have to watch that. I ain't never watched it.

SPEAKER_05

Steve, listen, y'all won't catch up on shit. You know where you go? Just plug it in.

SPEAKER_04

I got a fire stick. I got everything. Tubi free. Everything is free with my fire stick.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, see, look, this nigga incriminating itself. That said, a thought and views. We do not know nothing about no fire sticks.

SPEAKER_05

Clark King said that one.

SPEAKER_06

And uh, yeah, yeah. Not Superman. But uh, no, no, Eddie Murphy, dog. That cat. I still, to me, comedic, comedic-wise, to me, I think my goal is still Richard Pryor. Are you saying as far as stand-up? No, no, just just stand up. Or move. No, no, no, no. No, stand-up. No, stand-up.

SPEAKER_03

Stand up, Richard Pryor. Yeah, I would say.

SPEAKER_06

I love Richard Pryor. My pop had the records. Yeah. He used to sit up here, we would play. He was before his time, bro. Richard, Richard Pryor Live. I remember, if I'm not mistaken, I know he had one, I think it was called Bicentennial Nigga.

SPEAKER_05

But if you take if you take nostalgia out, can you go back and watch those Richard Pryors?

SPEAKER_06

Dude, I have gone back and watched Richard Pryor. And I'm gonna tell you, it's funny now because I'm an adult. So it's listen, it's almost like when you watch the Cosby show. When I watched the Cosby show back then, I was laughing from a kid's perspective. Watching it as an adult. Now I'm watching as an adult. Even though I'm not a parent, I'm still parent age.

SPEAKER_03

So you get Let me let me ask you this then. We on that subject. What is the funniest black sitcom to me from a long-lasting standpoint? Maybe four, at least five seasons. What's the funniest black sitcom?

SPEAKER_05

So if you if we're talking five seasons, that's not a sitcom. Five seasons, right? The first five seasons of Martin, up until when they got married and they had the little weird but up until that point, there was nothing funny than Martin.

SPEAKER_06

Martin, Martin is hilarious.

SPEAKER_03

Bro, when that nigga was Dragonfly Jones and they were in Gina's living room, and he was he had no I saw something when he did the New Jack City skit. They was supposed to have a rock, real dog. He brought the fake one? And he said, you know what? They had a fake one. Yeah, because what what happened? He was supposed to have a real one, they couldn't get a real one. So they brought the fake one and it's just like just give it to me. And they said they he improved that whole dog niggas were.

SPEAKER_06

They said that they didn't even know that it wasn't coming. Yeah, they didn't know that he that he wasn't coming with the real dog. But when he walked out with the fake, so when you go watch the episode and you look at them cats, they are.

SPEAKER_05

But you what any anytime he's in character, like when he was Otis or they are they were trying to hold their lap.

SPEAKER_06

Remember, oh, wasn't Otis like no, would you know no good?

SPEAKER_05

No, but that was Jerome. Jerome.

SPEAKER_06

That was Jerome.

SPEAKER_05

Otis was the old Otis was the old security. Oh, you want something like the oldest there?

SPEAKER_06

The oldest love, the kid. Yeah, Breadman. And they dropped in Breadman. Oh yeah, no, I like Bradman. Come on, man. But I'm telling you, my favorite, my favorite Martin character was Bob from McCounty. Oh, yeah, Bob. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Hey Martin.

SPEAKER_06

I think Bob might have only been on two, maybe three episodes. Yeah. Bob from McCounty. He said, I'm out of control. She's out of control. You know what was another funny show though? Come on down and leave her.

SPEAKER_03

Close at home. Mark Curry. Hang with Mr. Cooper. Hang on with Mr. Cooper.

SPEAKER_06

I have watched it.

SPEAKER_03

I haven't watched it. Actually. Watched it. It was actually pretty damn funny.

SPEAKER_05

It was. Mark Cooper's funny. He's funny. He was. But it was like I didn't like Holly Robinson P or the other. You didn't? She was, don't get me wrong. She was bad. But she wasn't like her like she was like Pam. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Pam set that show up. Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Man. Hey, Tommy.

SPEAKER_03

Man.

SPEAKER_06

Here, here's it, like, just just going fast forward a little bit. I'm telling you, a show that was funny, and it was only one season. Y'all check it out and just tell me what y'all think. It was called White Famous. I remember White Famous. I remember White Famous. It was only, it was on Showtime. It was, it was uh Jay Farrow. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_06

And it was just about being White Famous. And the I for maybe I need to go back and re-watch, but I thought that show was hard. I have to lay it. Check that one out.

SPEAKER_05

I thought the Carmichael show was pretty fun.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, that shit was good.

SPEAKER_05

And he had some deep messages in there. The Carmichael show was really funny.

SPEAKER_06

I fucked with the Carmichael show. I did like the Carmichael show.

SPEAKER_03

He spells his name the same way I spell my name too. Oh, yeah, yeah. How about that special he did after he came out? I didn't do it. I didn't want to do it. You didn't do it? Oh, no, I never did it. He did two specials after he came out.

SPEAKER_06

Did he?

SPEAKER_03

I couldn't. I couldn't. Wait, you say after he came out? Yeah, he's gay.

SPEAKER_05

He came out gay.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, he's gay? Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Oh, Juar Carl? Oh, yeah, he should. You know what? Never mind.

SPEAKER_06

That just goes to show you how much I don't even care about nothing.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, because his first special reporting. Yeah, he is. He didn't talk about any of that, but that that special specifically talked about him coming out.

SPEAKER_06

Because he got a white boyfriend, right? Probably. I think so.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, all the comedians got white snake and others.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Except for Kevin Hart.

SPEAKER_03

Not Kevin Hart. Yeah, he's not. He ain't white. Yeah, no.

SPEAKER_06

No. I mean, she ain't white, though.

SPEAKER_04

David Chappelle. She's ain't white.

SPEAKER_06

No, she's Asian.

SPEAKER_04

That's why I said she ain't white.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. No, that's now that is true. Yeah, I know Dio Hewley. I mean, where's obviously? It's a bunch of them, but.

SPEAKER_03

Hey, you brought up Sketch Show. Sketch Sharpies.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, yeah.

Funniest Black Sitcoms Ranked

SPEAKER_05

She got it right white. That nigga ain't no comedian. Oh, Steve Harvey? You a cornball.

SPEAKER_03

You're like Steve Harvey, dog. You really think he stole most of his jokes?

SPEAKER_05

I don't know about that. But I do believe he was a hater. Bernie made that show.

SPEAKER_06

Bernie made that show. All right, can I say something again? So now I seem like we're just talking about movies. And when Bernie Mac was house party. Oh. Dog. He stole the scene. I even know your name.

SPEAKER_05

They just go to Joe. Come here. Wait, all the all movies he did to Nick, like those uh those cameos in, he was, bro. Think about it. What don't be a menace. Oh, yeah. That nigga said I hate the back of fours with it, cause nigga. How to be a player? Oh my god.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, they said, but this is the god. They said he wasn't even supposed to be like uh I'm the papy.

SPEAKER_05

Oh, he wasn't supposed to say that.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I think that, yeah, I think that was like improv. Yeah. Like live.

SPEAKER_03

Great movie. One of my top ten. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Oh, that's that was comedic genius at its finest. And when they got older and they switched, and Martin became that scene where they were in there in the room and they was like, You, you, you and Mr. Old is getting real familiar with one another. He's like, he just an old nigga that like to talk. That's all that is. And they said, Well, I hope you pee the bed. Well, if I do, I'm gonna put the sheets on you.

SPEAKER_03

That's a movie I can watch if if I can live mid movie. That's how I'm like that.

SPEAKER_06

I can pick it up, man. Oh man. Uh how well. I'm I know I'm like that with house party. House party.

SPEAKER_05

Because look, do you remember Okay, wait, I'm sorry. Which is the best house party? One you think the ones I for some reason I think the second one was bad. When the Pajama Jam.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, nigga, that had me. That made me wonder about a bad part so bad. Oh my god. Oh yeah, but you had Robin Harris. Robin made it.

SPEAKER_03

You had Robin Harris in the first one.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_06

That is true. Hey, I just know that part when uh when Bernie Matt, on what that was three, right? Yeah. Remember when she was like, oh, you're a painter and artiste? He was like, and she was like, which like Jacob, Jacob Beard, whatever the hell, schools or whatever she said. When that nigga was like, no, kitchen walls and sinks and shit like that. I was like, oh, dude, who comes up with this stuff? Bro. And then, like he was saying with uh with with with life, when he was like, I'm the papy and the hate to back of Forrest Whitaker's neck. Duh.

SPEAKER_03

His TV show was actually pretty damn good.

SPEAKER_06

That's funny because I I didn't watch it that much. The first two when they start getting them in them uh like them sitcoms, like okay, does does anybody like now? I used to watch the Steve Harvey show. Yeah. Does anybody watch uh like neighbor? Or is it called Neighborhood? Neighborhood with the neighborhood. You know what? I watch the first one. I don't watch albums, but yeah, uh I never seen it.

SPEAKER_03

You well I've seen a couple minutes, but I'm just like uh You expect Steve when you see Cedric the Entertainer, you expect him as a Cedric Entertainer from the Steve Harvey show. Yeah, but this is a older now. He's a little older. He it's obviously it's got a white supporting cast, right? So or co-host.

SPEAKER_05

And that's what that's not for it's it's not it's not for they don't tell my story. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Because it said was I thought he was the funniest on the Steve Harvey show. Oh, said him and his girl. Yeah, you're right. Oh, Vita? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Man, Vita was so funny. And I used to, man, you know, Tasha Mack. Wendy Raquel Robinson. Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. Now I remember hey, okay, tell me this. Does anybody know what was Tasha Mack's favorite thing on uh on Steve on Steve Harvey? Oh, wait, wait, wait, because hold on, because I might be getting stuff mixed up. Because I began to mix up when she was on uh play with uh Oh um Oh, what the hell was the one when she was No, I thought it was on Steve Harvey. Remember she used to always talk about bacons?

SPEAKER_05

Because she was big and she got she got skinny on the stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

And then she would always talk about, oh no, I was like, she would always talk about bacon. I and I couldn't remember if it was, I think it was on Steve Harvey. She always talked about the bacons. But every time I go, and like if I'm at the store or something, and every time I pass like the bacon bits or the salads, every time I see bagels, uh I just she just pop on my head. I just start laughing, man. I'm telling you, them things have a lasting impression. Because we've been like, you know, our shit go way. Yeah. Well, for us anyway, I go way back to good times.

SPEAKER_05

Oh Sam Francison is still one of my friends. Oh, still. Oh no, I love San Francisco. I watch it.

SPEAKER_06

I still I love San Francisco. You sitting up here like, dog, that nigga was funny.

SPEAKER_05

Red Fox. Red Fox. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06

I mean, when I first heard his uh comedy, uh huh, I was like, it's different. Oh, hold up, cause I'm a yeah, I'm still like Sam McKid. Yeah. So I heard an album and I'm thinking Fred Sanford.

SPEAKER_05

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_06

And when I heard Red Fox, I said, damn, this dude got a. They said uh the white dude was like that too. The one that used to do the man, he had the hotel room.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, what's his name?

SPEAKER_06

Oh, he did uh, I think he didn't he used to do the the videos. Sagitt.

SPEAKER_03

Bob Sagitt? Yeah. Oh, yeah, they said Yeah, he was he was Ronge dude.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, they said you know who the coldest white comedian was? Was that nigga George Carlin? Oh, I was like, Oh, George Carlin, yeah. That was the first one I heard that I was like, bro, there's no way this nigga's white. George Carlin was hilarious. Yeah, George Carlin was funny.

SPEAKER_03

He was hilarious, man. But you're right, Bob Saggett, though. He was that dude. I saw one of his stand-ups one time. I'm like, I think I was just watching it on YouTube because I wanted to see what his special was like.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, because I'm sitting up here thinking I'm gonna see what's on TV.

SPEAKER_03

Thinking full house, yeah. Man, this ain't full house.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's like uh remember, I think then we talked about Deion Cole before.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, I know this cat was but you know, because he's a writer. So I for me, he's funny, but he don't deliver jokes as well as he writes them. You know what I'm saying? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Well, that was part of his bit too, because he would pull out a piece of paper and try this joke on you.

SPEAKER_06

And he's just like, he's like real, real dry.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Blackish kind of put, I mean, I knew D.R. Cole before Blackish, but Blackish kind of put on the map. There was an episode in Blackish.

SPEAKER_06

Uh you know what? I never really watched Blackish that much.

SPEAKER_05

Because I used to work in office, and I I tell people this all the time, it was one where uh Dre was getting on the elevator and it's a little white girl in there. Oh, yeah. And that nigga turned the I remember that. And he left.

SPEAKER_06

I said, You damn right, I would have done the same thing. Oh, he went to go, and the white girl was on there, and he but it was a little girl.

SPEAKER_05

He's like, Why you ain't and they was like, Why didn't you go help that little girl? He's like, I ain't never knowing.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, hey, that show, that show, honestly, if you get a chance, that's three or four seasons of that show, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Because I know they start coming out with like mixed in Groanish and mixes about his wife, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

His little girl, and then Grownish was the daughter, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Did y'all watch did y'all ever watch Black AF? Yeah, I watched Black Af on Netflix.

SPEAKER_03

You know what? It got it got to a point though where it was just a little too much. He kept pressing. I think he kept pressing a little bit.

Sketch Comedy: From Fridays To Chappelle

SPEAKER_05

And that's the same dude who did Blackish. Yeah, can you? No, can you be? Yeah, yeah. And it was, but it's too similar to Blackish.

SPEAKER_03

That's why I was like, and that's probably because I've never really watched, but his life was a little bit more extravagant, even though, even though the Blackish family had money, yeah, in Black AF, he he clearly had money. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

He was stunting on it. Yeah, yeah. No, that was funny, though. That was funny. Yeah, he had a beautiful family in Black AF. I think they only did one season. Yeah, no, yeah, they did. They're supposed to come out with another one, but they they probably like, oh dude, you're a little too much. So we're gonna. So now, Dash Ross Homework Assignment. Y'all can watch Black AF and White Famous. And that's uh, I'm trying to think. What else?

SPEAKER_04

Uh Vampire in Brooklyn. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. As far as the movie, yeah, see, yeah. You definitely gotta watch that one.

SPEAKER_06

No, you you do have to watch that.

SPEAKER_04

I watch a lot of TV, but I'm always on the go.

SPEAKER_06

I didn't see it when it initially came out. I didn't see when did Vampire in Brooklyn come out?

SPEAKER_03

Was it 95?

SPEAKER_06

I didn't see Vampire in Brooklyn until I moved out here.

SPEAKER_05

I probably're 93. I'm sorry, 93. Because it was before it was before the Nutty Professor.

SPEAKER_06

So, yeah, so I never I didn't see uh Vampire in Brooklyn, yeah, till I moved out here.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, man, D like a like a movie show. No, that's good.

SPEAKER_06

That's why I was like, shit, we hey we need him on here. He's for the culture.

SPEAKER_05

That's kind of my my thing. Me and my apologies, that was our that was our our stick. We used to watch it.

SPEAKER_06

Sit up here and like watch a bunch of uh hey, so all right. Well, dude, who remember, remember you used to talk about sitcom? No. And Living Color, obviously, and Living Color spoke to us more so than Saturday Night Live. I would watch Saturday Night Live when Eddie was on it, but there was another one. Uh I don't think it lasted long. Y'all can look it up. It's called Friday. It came on, it came on on Fridays. And the the only, I think the one person I remember, remember Kramer? Yeah. From Jerry Seinfeld. Yeah. I think he was on it. And I think since Saturday Night Live was Saturday Night Live, they just had Friday, it was called Friday. I don't even know how long it lasted. I know I was a little kid. And all I remember is when uh I just called him Kramer. I forget his name. But when he was, I called him Shaky. He just had some, I don't know, that shit was funny as hell. He just come on and he just starts shaking. I'm like, what do they call him?

SPEAKER_03

Sketch sketch comedy show. Yeah, yeah. What's what's the best one? I mean, I'm taking in limit color out of it. What's the best one since? Dave Chappelle show? Is Dave Chappelle considered sketch comedy?

SPEAKER_05

It has to be. I mean, because Keith Peel was a as a was a mock-up of Dave Chappelle. Of Dave Chappelle. But with two people. Yeah. Chappelle show. Yeah, it has to be Chappelle. It was almost like you remember being a kid, I because I don't know y'all a little bit on me, but I remember being a kid outside playing, and Power Rangers come on, and niggas would just drop what they doing to run home to go watch. That's what a nigga was doing for Chappelle. Like, yeah, you stop what you doing, and you had to, because you had to be up on that.

SPEAKER_06

That's what we did for Martin. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

We used to watch Martin as a family.

SPEAKER_05

Because that used to come on Thursdays.

SPEAKER_06

And you would sit up here, everybody, whatever house you were around.

SPEAKER_03

You watch Martin.

SPEAKER_06

You watch Martin. And then I remember uh Man, when did when did New York when did New York undercover? Oh my god. You were so okay.

SPEAKER_05

So we we all black. So I remember watching it. And then you know, whatever happened. We lost cable. We couldn't finish it. So I lost I maybe two years ago. I sat back and I watched every fucking episode of the city. I finished it. I didn't know the Puerto Rican. Oh, sorry. Well, this shit 30 years. The Puerto Rican dies. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And then they did one more season after that. I did know that. It was a contract thing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

I didn't like that shit. I was like, ain't that a bit?

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, he he was cool. Did you ever watch um uh oh, did you ever watch all of the wire?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah. I didn't like the wire. You ain't like the wire? I think it's overrated. It was what?

SPEAKER_06

Seasoned.

SPEAKER_03

People love the boys when they did it with the boys when they was the main character. No, because that's what I said.

SPEAKER_06

I've I've probably seen one, maybe one, two episodes. Uh oh no, no, I probably saw the first season and maybe a couple episodes into the second season. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

But yeah, no, I guess the wire's overrated to me.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because I know people, uh, Chris like Chris love the wire boy.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

But that's when I guess a lot of people got their start. Michael B. Uh Fruit Veil and all that was after. Oh, yeah, well after. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, this day, this guy, you know, we you know his stuff right here. I was like, shit, we're gonna have a replacement for Joe. Shout out to Joe. No, hell yeah. And I say, you know, we we talk about a little bit of everything. Now, all right, now I have a question about scary movies like horror. Do you consider thriller thrillers? Or what's the difference between a thriller and a horror?

SPEAKER_05

So thriller is more of a psychological, yeah. Like it plays with your mind. Like uh uh seven, that's a thriller.

SPEAKER_06

So can it so but can a thriller be scary? Yeah. So what alright, what was Silence of the Lambs?

SPEAKER_05

Thriller.

SPEAKER_06

You see Silence of the Lambs? Yeah. That shit still scared me though. Yeah, it could be.

SPEAKER_03

See, I to me thrillers can be more realistic too.

SPEAKER_05

Because when you say horror. Well, I mean, that's why Silence of the Lamb might play in both, because well, there's really no Silence of the Lamb can be more realistic.

SPEAKER_03

To me, thrillers can be more realistic than horrors. Horrors, I'm you looking at, you know, you got monsters and shit jumping out. To me, a thriller is more realistic. You get what I'm saying? That makes sense. He said, nah.

SPEAKER_05

No, I mean I'm because I think Final Destination is a horror film.

New York Undercover, The Wire, TV Nostalgia

SPEAKER_03

Exactly. That's not a thriller to me.

SPEAKER_05

That's a horror, that's considered a horror. Okay. But I I I do think. So what would Megan?

SPEAKER_06

What would Megan be considered?

SPEAKER_05

A horror. A horror. Because it's an entity causing the death. Oh, yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_03

Yep. You know what I'm saying? Man, it's the hey, but I like his movie.

SPEAKER_05

No, no, that's why I say I do go so Silence and Lamb might fall in both. Because Hannibal Lecter is.

SPEAKER_06

Dude, that they they listen, that's one no right. It can happen. Shit, goddamn Jeffrey Dahmer. So what saw because Saul's considered a horror.

SPEAKER_05

Saw's considered a horror. Right. But that could happen. That's what Saul? But Saul's a horror.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I guess you're right.

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You're right. Hey, man.

SPEAKER_06

So I know like Scream and Did you ever see Thanksgiving? Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Is that good? No. I liked it. No. I liked it. I thought it was good. I liked it. So as a grown man, has any uh horror film scared you? Hell yeah. What? Uh as a grown man? Lala Roma? I ain't seen that. See the conjuring, the first conjuring. When that bitch woke up from and that witch was on top. I said, oh shit. No, hell yeah. Dude. But other than that, um I love horror movies.

SPEAKER_03

See, I'm not a big fan of horror movies.

SPEAKER_05

Possession movies used to freak me out. Like Stigmata, you ever seen Stigmata? Oh yeah. That shit scared the fuck out of it.

SPEAKER_03

Was it scary movie two when that nigga was in the room and they was trying to get the demon out that bitch? Oh, this nigga. And then they went downstairs and had a man, they making another one.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05

Your boy, uh, your boy's supposed to be in it.

SPEAKER_06

Who?

SPEAKER_05

What's the what's the dude with the small hand at the gym? Terry. Oh, damn it. He's gonna be in the game. He coming back. No, the nigga he playing the dude. This cat.

SPEAKER_06

Man, you can't talk about him again. Oh, hell no. My bad. No, but listen. You like horror movies? Steve don't watch TV.

SPEAKER_04

Steve don't watch TV.

SPEAKER_06

That nigga.

SPEAKER_04

I know man. I ain't seen a horror movie since what?

SPEAKER_06

Don't say the exorcist, nigga. Oh man. Did you see the new Exorcist? I did.

SPEAKER_05

I did.

SPEAKER_06

I thought it was alright. See, I don't think they make horror movies like they used to, though. I you made slasher films back in the day. That's true. You're right. Like it was slasher. And that was scary because you think.

SPEAKER_03

See, no. When you're talking about slashers, though. You're talking about Freddie. You're talking about. Yeah, Freddie, Jason, Michael Myers, Texas, Chainsaw.

SPEAKER_05

See, them didn't scare me.

SPEAKER_03

When I was little, it scared me a little bit. Man, please. But now you wasn't scared of Freddie Krueger. Now it wouldn't mess with me.

SPEAKER_06

Man. You gotta admit.

SPEAKER_03

One, two, Freddie's club.

SPEAKER_05

I didn't like how they started making him funny. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_06

He said he got two comedic kids.

SPEAKER_05

No fucking scared. And it's because. So before that movie, they used to tell Candyman's story. That's corner. And then when that first scene, when that nigga was standing there, and he was like, B my b. And that nigga 6'9, I said, oh shit. Candyman. Yeah, Candyman was scary.

SPEAKER_03

Ain't nothing like Candyman.

SPEAKER_05

Now the new one. But see, I like I like how they tied it back. The new one was good.

SPEAKER_03

You ain't tied it in. I like the new one.

SPEAKER_05

See, I like how they tied it back in that he it was the baby that he kidnapped in the first. Oh, I like that one. Dog, I thought the new one was good as hell.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah. See, I love horror movies. I'm not a big fan of remakes though. Or when they try to bring something back. Really? Because what was that movie they did based off The Shining? Um Hey, did you see The Black in He? I ain't seen The Black in it yet. Is that good? Oh my god. Did you see The Black in it? Yeah. I like it.

SPEAKER_06

That shit was funny. It was. That shit was funny.

SPEAKER_03

That's my capsule. Now we get into spoof movies, though. What's your favorite spoof movie?

SPEAKER_06

Uh let me see. My favorite spoof movie might be uh 43?

SPEAKER_03

What was that movie? Oh, movie 43. Movie 43? Man, that was hilarious.

SPEAKER_05

Hollywood Shuffle was funny.

SPEAKER_06

Hollywood. Oh my god. Hollywood Shuffle.

SPEAKER_05

Robert Townsend.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, it was funny.

SPEAKER_06

Hollywood Shuffle was fantastic.

SPEAKER_03

I would say scary movie. Go curl. Go curl. Dude, the Jerry Curl. The fear of a black health is good too. Yeah, that was good. That was good. Dog I man. Steve said he hates spoof movies.

SPEAKER_04

Why do you hate spoof movies? Oh man. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

Don't drink your juice while. Yeah, dog. I don't know. Oh, that shit was funny.

SPEAKER_06

He said, get that white one. Oh, he said, could you get that lady for me? No. The white one.

SPEAKER_05

I'm gonna give a hot take. I don't think that nigga Marlon is funny.

SPEAKER_06

Marlon Wayne? What? Wait, you talk about stand-up or just in general?

SPEAKER_05

Just in general.

SPEAKER_03

What?

SPEAKER_06

I think Marlon Wayne is this. Because you know what?

SPEAKER_05

He just he over the top and he like he tried to. He tried. He's you know, because that's why I don't like spoof movies. Damon was the funny though. Damon is hilarious. Oh my god. Damon is hilarious. When they were in I'm gonna get you sucked. Him and Kadeem Hart and I'm gonna get you sucked was the best part of I'ma get you sucked. Oh yeah. Why you cooking up this lady, stupid? Yeah. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

Who's that superhero movie he made?

SPEAKER_05

Like a oh yeah. Oh superhero. He was blank man. Blake man. He was blank man. But it wasn't funny in the Meteor Man. Meteor Man.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I thought uh Yeah, what's your name? That is I'ma get you sucker. Don't be a Menace. The scary movie. Damn.

SPEAKER_03

Scary Movie One, I thought was good. I thought that was funny. It got a little crazy.

SPEAKER_05

They got started getting stupid. I don't think I watched past the I think I might have seen Bits and Pieces of the Third One. Yeah. But I didn't go past it.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I watched them all. I just go I watched them to see Regina Hall.

SPEAKER_03

When the ghost bent that nigga over in the bed.

SPEAKER_06

Oh what?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, the paranormal.

SPEAKER_06

Like those are the haunted house?

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Haunted house was hilarious.

SPEAKER_06

Y'all remember when this chick got dressed up all nice? Essentially.

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She been bassing smart guy.

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Yeah.

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Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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She been bassing smart guy.

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She's a sleeper.

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Man. Y'all bringing back some memory.

SPEAKER_06

No, hell yeah. That's what we do.

SPEAKER_03

Man.

Horror Vs Thriller And Modern Scares

SPEAKER_05

I feel like I done had a crush on Journey Smoolette since Ease By You. Have you seen?

SPEAKER_03

We were talking about that a couple episodes ago when I was here last. Oh, we talked about what? Journey? She's in that new show on um what's it called? It's Apple Beautiful. Apple TV. Yeah, yeah. Oh man.

SPEAKER_06

Her and Megan Good. They holding up, boy.

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Ugh.

SPEAKER_05

Shit, so is Ess and X. Essen still back. Oh yeah, she is. She's still back.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Because she was just she was with uh wasn't she on uh She was on the Marlin Show. Yep. Yeah, yeah, right there.

SPEAKER_03

And what's the up what's who played uh fan uh fancy on uh Jamie Foxx show? That's it. Garcella Bavis.

SPEAKER_06

Oh I can't say her name Garcelle Boubett? Yeah, she did. Really? I saw her at the Beverly Center when I was in LA in 1997.

SPEAKER_03

Hey, by the way, that was a good show too.

SPEAKER_06

Oh Jamie Foxx? Yeah, it was a good thing.

SPEAKER_03

Oh hell yeah. Uh what's his name? Used to crack Braxton. Braxton.

SPEAKER_05

When them niggas had that uh Michael Jackson on man.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, remember he was in uh he was original gangster? Yeah, being hard, I couldn't do it.

SPEAKER_03

It was hard to watch.

SPEAKER_06

It was it was I just because that dude is he's just a but they made him so corny when he was Braxton.

SPEAKER_05

I was like one of those things, but that's the same. Jamie fell off. That started falling off too.

SPEAKER_06

Once he stopped working at the hotel first, when he started working in Jingle 2000. Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

That's when it took took a downfall.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, you're right. Because I ain't watching faithfully like I watched Martin.

SPEAKER_05

Oh no, Martin, you didn't know that. I watched that all the way to the end. Even though it started getting bad, I watched it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Once I got in uh college and stuff, I because you know, I mean, you know, classes, no, practice, all that. I was like, See, that's why I think Chappelle was my favorite.

SPEAKER_05

I used to watch that on my in my dorm, just you didn't. We go to practice, done. I sit there and ice my knees and watch rugged Hey Chappelle boy, and that show.

SPEAKER_06

When he had oh that damn Ashy Larry, boy.

SPEAKER_05

No, there was one episode he had the they had the fake uh Sesame Street, it was Nee High Park. Bro, when this nigga was singing a song, and this nigga was like, I beat my dick like it owes me money, bro. I didn't around my door. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03

Well, I mean, I think the best sketch all time was when he did the print sketch. Oh, and the Wayne Brady sketch was probably second best. Yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_05

Hey, well, this is Charlie Murray, because the Rick James one.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, yeah, hey, they hey, they said that shit happened.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, he was telling the that's the funny part. He was like, he was like, cocaine's a hell of a drug. Yeah, I can't. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, yeah, because it was those were actual real clips, right?

SPEAKER_03

That was really Rick James.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, no, but no, they were saying, so when he was like, F yo couch nigga, fuck Yeah, I guess he had like mud or something on his boots, and he was just had his feet all on the couch and just start rubbing.

SPEAKER_03

Rest in peace, Charlie Murphy. And Rick James. And Rick James.

SPEAKER_05

Like, goodness gracious. Yeah, I know Rick James was in life too. Did you know that? He sure was. He was pinky. He was spinky. Yep. Damn, he sure was.

SPEAKER_06

Because you know Rick James and Eddie Murphy was cool too. They went back. Okay, now tell me that nigga party all the time wasn't your jam. Nigga, that was my shit. I'm not gonna I ain't gonna hold y'all on none of that.

SPEAKER_05

I ain't gonna be able to do that. No, my girl likes to party all the time.

SPEAKER_06

So I guess you ain't you ain't like MC Hammer either. You can't touch it.

SPEAKER_05

I didn't know. Can't touch it. Yeah, because I even fuck with the the the MC Hammer, the Adams family drum. They say, What the fuck is that?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that was great.

SPEAKER_05

You know what I'm saying? But you can't compare MC Hammer to Eddie Murphy. No, no, no. I can't. I'm just saying. I fucked with MC Hammer.

SPEAKER_03

But you remember who else was in the Adam family?

SPEAKER_06

Because you know, because some people always act like they want to be like, oh, like MC Hammer was a big thing. Oh no.

SPEAKER_03

You know what's crazy though?

SPEAKER_05

Shit, nigga. And you better watch what he said because hammer, because he burned the bone. Oh, yeah, no, no. He run the bone. Nobody messed with Hammer. No, no. Nobody messed with Hammer. Hammer bought that life. Red man told a joke about was telling the story about MC Hammer. He was like, that nigga will come see you. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Yup. Yup. You just got to pray. People just think because he's sitting up there doing all that dancing and stuff. No, Hammer was for real, boy. His heart was just a little too big. Right. And that's what see that's what happened. You get money, start helping people.

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Hey, hey, D.

SPEAKER_05

Steve Who? Steve who? I know you, my brother.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, hell no. Nah, I ain't gonna forget about y'all. Hey, what hey, what about uh, damn, let me see who else did I want to bring up? Because I said uh, because oh, I'm gonna make another confession. Since ain't nobody rocking with uh Eddie Murphy when he had that slow jam, that how could it be? Maybe I just like Eddie Murphy too much, nigga. That was my jam, dog. I'm gonna jam hey, I'm hey, this is confession. This is confession day. I'm fessing up that party all the time and how could it be was my jam.

SPEAKER_03

Eddie Murphy or Jamie Foxx? Jamie Fox. Oh no, Jamie Foxx. It's not even close.

SPEAKER_05

No, Jamie Foxx. Eddie Murphy don't have a Ray. No, hey, and he don't have an unpredictable album. Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_03

Didn't Jamie Foxx get nominated for Greamy?

SPEAKER_05

He I he I think he got an e-got.

SPEAKER_03

You got an Easter?

SPEAKER_05

I think, I think. I don't know if he has a Tony, but I know he has an Oscar Grammy.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, I listen, I got Jamie Foxx's very first album.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that album.

SPEAKER_06

When he came out and it didn't do well, dude. I was like, listen, I like this cat. I'm glad he finally. That unpredictable album. Oh, dog.

SPEAKER_03

Unpredictable.

SPEAKER_06

That's my jam. Man, that dude sang so good. Look, we went to go see this cat. And how many people can you know? You sitting up here and stitches, I think me and Sonny went to go sing when it was called Dodge Theater. And you almost catch yourself, like this cat can't be real. Like, how can you okay? Put it like this. You know how you think, like, okay, I can play basketball, I can play football, I ran track, I didn't play baseball, but you know you can do like multiple things, but that's just like physical. Outside that, you sitting up here thinking, like, damn, I wish I could sing or play the piano. Cause that stuff you can do forever. This dude is funny. So now just think you sitting up here and your ex is talking to this nigga and he laughing. Uh-huh. She making him laugh, and then be like, oh, I'm gonna play on the piano and then start singing. Yeah, I'm about to slap the shit out this nigga. Stop, stop being everything, nigga. He is funny, he can sing. You just like, man, that cat is so talented.

SPEAKER_03

Even when that when that special came out after he, you know, to kind of go over that situation he had. Oh, yeah, he's funny. He's just funny.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, he's just he's just like like a funny dude. Yeah. Hey, now I was gonna say, had has anybody watched the uh, I did watch the most recent uh Kevin Hart? Yeah, I haven't seen it. No, I thought dude.

SPEAKER_05

It's you know, he's very family oriented. But when that nigga talked about the ginger ale, because nigga, that's black folks to the T. Nigga.

SPEAKER_06

See, that's why see this this look, it's it's almost like I already know. He almost, because to me, besides, well, Corey Holcomb is still still the same. But I'm thinking, once it seemed like once you hit, to me, it seemed like once you hit Super Stardom, it's almost like you lose you lose your funniness.

SPEAKER_05

But I don't think Chappelle's still funny.

SPEAKER_06

No, no, that's what I'm saying. No, Chappelle really isn't. It's not ever, but Chappelle never lived that life. He listen, I'm from Ohio. I know the area that he lives in. It'd be equivalent to I'm trying to listen, I'm trying to think of something else.

SPEAKER_03

He never, don't get me wrong, from a comedian. No, he's a he's a superstar.

SPEAKER_06

He's the superstar, right? But but he never lived that lifestyle.

SPEAKER_03

Kevin Hart is entrepreneur, businessman, everything, right? Like everything. No, but you can't turn on a TV without seeing Kevin Hart.

SPEAKER_06

But see, but that's his doing. Exactly. Chappelle walked away because they wanted him to do it.

SPEAKER_03

They wanted him to do it.

Spoofs, Wayans Debates, And Cult Gems

SPEAKER_06

But that's what I'm saying. He doesn't live that life. Exactly and if Cat Williams, remember hey, Cat Williams was that exposing it. Probably but this I'm saying how he was coming up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

What happened to Cat though? Something triggered them to pull away from Cat.

SPEAKER_06

No, because he started acting up. He started exposing it. When he started talking about Hollywood parties, and they start they was like, okay, we gotta get him out of here. And Kevin Hart. You can't be talking.

SPEAKER_03

You can't be talking about what happened at these parties. Because Kevin Hart getting a check, checked. I mean, I can't turn on a TV right now without seeing a commercial.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, Bank of America, Verizon, iPhone 17, Apple, all of it. And hey, that's good, dog. Hey, I even remember watching that cat sitcom. Who Kevin Hart? He did have a sitcom. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05

I don't think it made it past the pilot. Yeah. And I remember watching it.

SPEAKER_03

You don't even need that now. You don't even need a sitcom now. You probably can get one now. But I won't.

SPEAKER_06

Did y'all watch Real Husbands? That shit. The first two seasons was funny as fuck. When they were talking about Boris Kojo, man.

SPEAKER_05

That shit was funny.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, and tell hey, JB Smooth. Oh. That's a funny game. He's funny, man. JB Smooth. I remember we went to go see him at Stand Up Live. And that cat had on these goddamn cowboy boots. And when he kind of like they was, he had on jeans, but his cowboy boots was off to the side, but he was still standing up straight. I'm like, what's this nigga doing?

SPEAKER_03

JB Smooth.

SPEAKER_06

He's so they say that that cat is it? Animated like that, like in real life. Like JB Smooth is hilarious. Real husbands, though.

SPEAKER_05

And that nigga, who who was on husband? Uh I think Robin Thick transformed the uh Terry Cruz. Somebody transformed JB Smooth.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, I heard, oh, uh Boris Kojo was on the pivot podcast. And he was saying that they're trying to make a movie.

SPEAKER_05

Because they started it. There's new season.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, Real Husbands? Yeah. Man, that that shit. So when y'all.

SPEAKER_03

Nelly, everybody?

SPEAKER_06

Man, them dude, that shit is hilarious.

SPEAKER_05

I don't know if Dwayne Martin on there no more, but. Yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_03

When they did that, um, was it the BET Awards they did?

SPEAKER_05

Yeah, the cipher.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, and they and they did their little part on it. Yeah, that was funny. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

You know, that that shit, uh. Cause they man. I remember when whoever the chick at the very beginning that was supposed to be uh Kevin Hart's um the baby mom. And that chick used to have me dying, dog. I don't even I'm I swear to God, I don't even remember her name. She's but I just remember she used to have me dying. I used to be like, man, like is this nigga's uh baby mom she really turned up like that? No. I was like, this shit gotta be extra exaggerated, though. I know you gotta you gotta Hollywood up some stuff, but they really had Bor Boris Cujo's wife, um, what's your name?

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, Nicole Nicole on there and then Titian Arnold was on there.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, no, hey, I'm telling you, that shit, that shit was good, man.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that was a funny show. That was a funny show. I didn't even hear about it until like after the first season, and I went back and watched all the time. Oh, to watch Real Husbands?

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I knew I was on that, dog. That shit was hilarious. I might have to go back and watch that some more.

SPEAKER_03

It's so crazy though. When you talk, when we talk comedy, you know, we've been talking about it a lot. It's just crazy to think the evolution of it, right? Yeah. Man, some of these cats like you talking about, like Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, and you go back to Eddie Murphy. Yeah, what's the stand-up you just watched?

SPEAKER_05

What was a stand-up you laugh your hardest at?

SPEAKER_03

Kings. Kings was probably one, and then um Martin Lawrence. Uh his very first one.

SPEAKER_05

Gruntel that? No, no. Uh oh, talking you are you so crazy. Yeah, you so crazy.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, wait, whoever saw Talking Dirty After Dark?

SPEAKER_05

That's I was remembered. I told you that movie. The movie.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Hey, remember he said, what you doing down there? Payton Ruby Lynn's toenails? Hey, hey, Ruby Lynn.

SPEAKER_05

That movie is uh y'all ever watch Talking Dirty after dark? That's a that's a that's a hit. Uh John Witherspoons and Net. Oh my god. Really? That was one of like the first eight, like that was one of the first HBO producers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Talking Dirty.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, dawg.

SPEAKER_05

I might go watch that tonight. Oh, bro. You could find Hilarious. I haven't seen it in years. I need to watch that. Because he's they're trying to make it and he was smashing a club on his wife. Yeah, yeah. You gonna give me some more time? Yeah, yeah. Oh, exactly. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Much time he got on stage went on if he's gonna smash it. Yeah. Oh, man. Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_03

That was a hilarious movie. Yeah, no, that last one for me, underrated comedian that we have not talked about. I wouldn't say underrated, but did reach superstardom. Let me give you a hint. Pookie in New Jack City. You didn't like Chris Rock?

SPEAKER_05

Bigger and Blacker was the only one that was. Oh, bigger and blacker was held.

SPEAKER_06

But is that the one we was like, who taught you Octagon?

SPEAKER_05

Remember uh this is what his one was like. He said, uh, he said, the most racist person in your office is the old black man. He was like, Willie was the cup.

SPEAKER_06

Cracking ass. Cranking ass. Hey, listen, I'm telling you, to me, Chris Rock is hilarious. Uh best. But I'm I'm gonna tell y'all right now, to me, somebody that's funny as hell is Bill Bellamy. Oh, yeah, Bill Bellamy was Billy. Because I'm gonna tell you that.

SPEAKER_05

But see, but he no We didn't look at him as a comedian because I remember all on MTV, the VJ, the Playboy pretty. I didn't think of him as a comedian. He was funny.

SPEAKER_06

Right. But I don't think of it as a comedian. I remember it was uh me, Sonia and her sister. This was in Cleveland. They was talking about like, oh, we're going to the improv in Cleveland to see Bill Bellamy. I'm sitting up here, bitch. You just want to go see this nigga because he's cute, something. Right. This nigga, this nigga ain't funny. He just played video. I had no idea. It was that funny. That's why I was like, oh. I saw him here. I was like, oh, I mess with this nigga. No, you know who. Ever since then. What was the uh I started messing with Bill Bellamy? Who was the baddest chicken how to play?

SPEAKER_03

And how to be a player.

SPEAKER_06

What was the baddest chick in that one that he what Maya Campbell? Yeah. I don't think Maya even can't. Lark Voorhees was the main thing. Oh no, no, Lark Voorhees. That's yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05

No, yeah, Lark Voorhees. Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. No, Mari Morrow, the the City. Oh, the Lark. Yeah. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06

I'm still going Lark. I'm still going Lark. I'm still going Lark. Man. Big curly hair. I will tell you this. I'm safe for after. We turn the mics off. But I saw uh Maya Campbell. Like live in person. Before she lost it? No. Oh, duh.

SPEAKER_05

Yeah. Oh. She was when she was in the house. Jesus Christ.

SPEAKER_06

Then Trippin. Nigga. Remember when they called that nigga Robothub? And he said, hey, I got my diplomat. You got your diplomat? It's from the joint. Duh. Have y'all seen Trippin? I haven't seen Trippin'. What? He would daydream. Listen, hey, I'ma need you niggas to pick up y'all's black movie card. Is that Joe Tori?

SPEAKER_05

I always get the because it's one of the guy tour. That dude was funny, too.

SPEAKER_06

And what about what about Rod?

SPEAKER_05

Oh, Rod is. I've seen Rod. Rod was that's one of my John Witherspoon to get off Cedric the Entertainer. Frederick Star was actually pretty funny in that day. Hell yeah. He was funny in that day.

Jamie Foxx Versus Eddie Murphy

SPEAKER_06

Hey, I got, well, I mean, people might think this is this just holds a special place in my heart. And I'll tell y'all after we turn the mics off. But uh, next day air. Next day air was. Anybody watch Next Day Air? Next day air. It wasn't one of my favorites. It was duh. Duh. Hey, I'm telling you. Next day it was cool. It was alright, but I I'll tell y'all why. But the chicken air. Yeah. Yasmin? Yasmin Delease. Nigga. Man. Remember when they went to go rob that nigga? Now just think they went to go rob the nigga in the back of the truck. It was uh, what, most death?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Yep.

SPEAKER_06

So somebody sticking you up, and then you know, you all nervous or whatever. Remember when that nigga turned around? First thing he said, that was a bad bitch. I'm done. I was like, this nigga ain't even concerned about this nigga about to get stuck up. It's like, oh, I like y'all. Oh, thank you. I bet you focus. But hey.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, man.

SPEAKER_06

It's been fun chopping it up with y'all.

SPEAKER_02

Appreciate it, man. Always. That was some good conversation.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, we're gonna have to bring this cat on. I know, man. Hey, Joe, listen. Boy, we got stories. We got movie stories. Yeah, shit. We talked about uh hey, well, I know obviously Wicked is out. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is out. And I don't know. Five Nights at Freddy's really the only new movie out. Zootopia 2. Take your kids. Oh yeah, Zootopia 2 is out. Y'all go uh have your pet spade and neutered. I don't know, this might be some stuff next week, but for now, watch uh Vampire in Brooklyn, Talking Dirty After Dark. Uh shit. You can watch Car Wash and Awash. I liked them both. I did too. Fo. Hey man, who had uh light skin chicken, a wash? Well, both of them. But I I know one, I think one thing was it sparkle? Oh, I forget, but hey, I know I loved him. Anyway, I'm gonna say love, peace, and soul. Shout out to Don Cornelius. That's your boss.

SPEAKER_04

Jim Soon.

SPEAKER_06

Shout out to Eddie Murphy with your rich ass. I want a roof. Like, what the hell is nigga talking about? Oh, it's cold in here. Don't flex on me like that no more, Eddie. Now, anybody else got something to say? Peace. Oh, we'll be back next week. Holla.