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The Wire 100 Greatest Quotes

Damn, I miss the Wire.

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SUGATREATS RADIO a.k.a. The YouKnowWaddaMean Show

Damn, I didn’t realize I said “you know what mean” that often, I sound like Keak Da Sneak. If you can guess the correct amount of times I say it, you will NOT win a prize, or get your valuable time back.

Shout out to KiaStar and OhSoKool for having me on SugaTreats Radio, I had a great time!

This is the most I’ve seen Dame speak on the Roc-A-Fella split—it’s still not a whole lot, but it’s more than he’s said over the years. Seems like he’s starting to come forward with his true feelings on the matter, maybe it’s the whole Beans VS JAy-Z shit brewing, or maybe dude has a book coming out. Because, who doesn’t have a book coming out?

Unedited version of Sandford and Son

This scene was written by Paul Mooney and never aired on the show, it has even been omitted from the complete series DVD box set that was released over 30 years later.

America is still uncomfortable with race.

I recently read memoirs from two comedians I respect in the game, Tracy Morgan’s I Am The New Black and Black Is The New White by Paul Mooney.

First thought I had after reading the titles was, “Is Mooney throwing a subliminal at Morgan?!”

I highly doubt it—that’s just my brain on Worldstar.

I Am The New Black gives you an unflinching look at Tracy Morgan’s life from his Brooklyn/Bronx upbringing to his successful Emmy nominated career now. He doesn’t spare much in the gory details (messy family issues, drug dealing, and his alcohol abuse that ultimately lost him his wife of over 20 years), he owns it all and uses his story to inspire those growing up in similar backgrounds and challenge them to do better.

Mooney’s Black Is The New White is more detached, he speaks on his personal life, but from arms length. He uses the book instead to focus on his career, and his close relationship with Richard Pryor. The book reads like a Me (and Richard) Against The World war story chronicling their battle with the racist and shallow industry that is Hollywood and how they win on their own terms. The book gives enormous insight on their creative process and shines a light on the slept on Paul Mooney’s great impact on comedy and black culture by revealing things many may not know. For example, he coined both terms, “Nigga, Please” and “Homey Don’t Play That”.

These are both great books focusing on two men at different points in their career, Paul Mooney is highly accomplished while Tracy Morgan is just hitting his stride, and will be interesting to watch in years to come.

Woman Calls 911 On Herself For Drunk Driving

You know how comics say, “I can’t even make this stuff up”? Well, I can’t.

“I am them” *DEAD*

Check it out.