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- 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, ...

- now i'd like to talk about a film i've been anxiously awaiting to see, "great balls of fire." (audience laughing) - "in living color" was so breakthrough, so innovative, so many great characters and the tone of the writing was from a perspective we had not seen before. - when his mama gave birth to him, he ran off with the placenta. (audience laughing) - we were coming out of an era in television where it was all the white writers' perception of what blacks were. so keenan got paul mooney as head writer. it's a big, big difference. - who are you? - i am the minister louis farrakhan. (audienc...

So many great characters and the tone of the writing was from a perspective we had not seen before. - when his mama gave birth to him, he ran off with the placenta. (audience laughing) - we were coming out of an era in television where it was all the white writers' perception of what blacks were. so keenan got paul mooney as head writer. it's a big, big difference. - who are you? - i am the minister louis farrakhan. (audience laughs) (triumphant music) - so jim carrey had been kicking around comedy in hollywood for years. keenan said, "i know how to use that guy." and he put him in and next th...

- we were coming out of an era in television where it was all the white writers' perception of what blacks were. so keenan got paul mooney as head writer. it's a big, big difference. - who are you? - i am the minister louis farrakhan. (audience laughs) (triumphant music) - so jim carrey had been kicking around comedy in hollywood for years. keenan said, "i know how to use that guy." and he put him in and next thing you know... - a deadly combination. - i discovered jamie foxx from "in living color." - you know we drive up. boom! bust somebody head. and, ah! (audience laughs) - you know, i was ...