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gratification. you kick the door in guns blazing and whatever happens happens. stop that, he s not my dad. sketches are a really fun way to talk about the culture with a quick turnaround. and i sketch you are satirizing life. satirizing. no, satirizing. my brain hurts. when you know people are improvising you are on the edge of your seats. everything you see tonight is being made up on the spot, we can t stress it enough. where is my mother? you have to go for it, you have to commit. i m rick james,one. we, we are going to do a sketch show. you don t comedy is like a concerto with all of its complications. sketch comedy is like a sex pistol song where people get in and get out and somebody gets hurt. i am so full of anticipation that my genitals are sucked up into my body company. sketches a really great way to deliver, do, because you can say so much. the best come in with a point of view about something they want to say. it makes it does feel ....
- you know what? that looks like fire! - comedy without black people would be like the nba without black players. (kevin screaming) - your biggest, biggest superstars in comedy have been black. (eddie yelling) - just genius and hilarious. - yeah, i said it. (audience cheering) - the chappelle show redefined sketch comedy. - i m rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - in living color set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don t think so. homie don t play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don t like to talk about the races, because i m white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it s harder being gay ....
Dawn French has revealed that she quit her TV show with Jennifer Saunders after a skit she performed with US pop star Anastacia left her “humiliated”. ....
In variety shows and sketch shows and things like that. but in late night tv, it was like the water fountains back in the 60s, whites only. - so when we were watching david letterman in college or johnny carson or jay leno, here comes arsenio hall, a black man. - who does eddie go to for advice when he has problems? do you have somebody you can talk to when you have problems, even on a personal level? - just you. (audience laughing) - that was like a party every single night. - what s up? - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo. - arsenio created the destination for black entertainers to be themselves. - i was born with the name sinbad. - what s your last name? - bad. (audience laughing) - he kind of set the table as far as like, hey, look, hip-hop culture, black culture, it can be represented on tv. - you could watch arsenio hall every night. oh, yeah, 11:30 after the news, oh, yeah, yeah, hey, hey. let s watch arsenio. it was a thing. - you ve had late night shows before that weren t on ....
Called delirious. - my favorite standup, bar none, is delirious. he does the impressions of james brown. - (vocalizing indistinctly) the band says, yeah. (vocalizing indistinctly) yeah. (vocalizing indistinctly) yeah, the band be goin , what the (beep) is james talkin about, man? (audience laughing) - luther vandross. - (vocalizing indistinctly) women going, ah! - but more importantly, elvis. - elvis, want some lemonade? lemonade (audience laughing) that cool, refreshing drink (audience laughing) - it showed you how talented he was cause he could do it all. - he opened doors for so many people, his boy, arsenio hall. - [announcer] the arsenio hall show staring arsenio hall! - so black entertainers were being showcased in variety shows and sketch shows and things like that. but in late night tv, it was like the water fountains back in the 60s, whites only. - so when we were watching david letterman in college or johnny carson or jay leno, here comes arsenio hall, ....