Page 3 - Adele Givens News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

- she was funny and she was real, and i really related to her characters. the little girl who put the shirt on her head so she could have long hair, that was me. - then she said, "even if you sit in a vat of clorox 'til hell freeze over, you ain't gonna be nothin' but black." and she was right 'cause i sat in the clorox and i got burned. (audience laughing) - although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - "the queens of come...

- you come here. yes. - martin was good at being spontaneous. he could come off the cuff and when you look at some of those old "def jam" performances, a lot of what he did was improvised. i don't know that he ever went out there with a playbook. - i know big bird outta business, but what the (beep) is up? (audience laughs) - "def comedy jam" was a black comics paradise. - after decades of being told how to behave, what's appropriate, what's okay and what's not okay, black comedians had enough. you will no longer censor me. - we put on the acts that we wanted to see, edgy. - i'm so broke, if a...

- then she said, "even if you sit in a vat of clorox 'til hell freeze over, you ain't gonna be nothin' but black." and she was right 'cause i sat in the clorox and i got burned. (audience laughing) - although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - "the queens of comedy" was mo'nique, sommore, miss laura and adele givens. and these were ladies, who on their own, were powerhouses. - (beep) these skinny bitches! look at her shak...

- although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - "the queens of comedy" was mo'nique, sommore, miss laura and adele givens. and these were ladies, who on their own, were powerhouses. - (beep) these skinny bitches! look at her shakin'. bitch, 'cause you hungry! (audience laughing) - but to put all that power together, it exploded. - oh no, not tonight, mother. (audience laughing) - i think it was just like girl power unleashe...

- i know big bird outta business, but what the (beep) is up? (audience laughs) - "def comedy jam" was a black comics paradise. - after decades of being told how to behave, what's appropriate, what's okay and what's not okay, black comedians had enough. you will no longer censor me. - we put on the acts that we wanted to see, edgy. - i'm so broke, if a nigga robbed me, he'll just be practicing. (audience laughs) - "def jam" comes along and boom! now everybody knows bill bellamy, adele givens, bernie mac, steve harvey, eddie griffin. so i'm grateful for it. how could you not be? - she said, "doe...