Comments on: The Black Sitcom and The Talent Showcase http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html Pontifications, coonery, quips, blasphemy, miscegenation, freshness, concern for celebrity life, the beauty of blackness, the sorrow of work-life, the curse of brilliance, and sassy stories. [Pop culture criticism, entertainment reviews, and humor writing by Thembi Ford.] Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:35:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jazzfan360 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-4185 jazzfan360 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-4185 Ha. Thank you for featuring this so I could remember the greatness. I just love that Martin clip. You need to know that for the last several months, whenever I'm out and a girl hits on me by complimenting what I'm wearing and starts pawing on it, I tell her "Don't be pullin' on my church clothes." Ha. Thank you for featuring this so I could remember the greatness. I just love that Martin clip. You need to know that for the last several months, whenever I’m out and a girl hits on me by complimenting what I’m wearing and starts pawing on it, I tell her “Don’t be pullin’ on my church clothes.”

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-4102 Cynthia Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:42:34 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-4102 Those were my favorite episodes back in the day!!! Especially Cosby Show Lip syncing ones Those were my favorite episodes back in the day!!! Especially Cosby Show Lip syncing ones

]]> By: Throwback Posts While I Catch My Breath | What Would Thembi Do? http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-3656 Throwback Posts While I Catch My Breath | What Would Thembi Do? Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-3656 [...] The Black Sitcom and The Talent Showcase is always good for some grooves and a laugh. [...] [...] The Black Sitcom and The Talent Showcase is always good for some grooves and a laugh. [...]

]]> By: QueenK.D.W.-BK86 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1891 QueenK.D.W.-BK86 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1891 OMG. That's so true. I couldve used it as one of My Favorite Scenes, but instead Ill just link back to this. OMG. That’s so true. I couldve used it as one of My Favorite Scenes, but instead Ill just link back to this.

]]> By: blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1846 blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1846 Hey there!<br/><br/>These clips are absolutely HILL-AIR-EE-OUS!!! *LOL*<br/><br/>*LOL*<br/><br/>*LOL*<br/><br/>Even still....the coonery must cease!<br/><br/>(smiles)<br/>Lisa Hey there!

These clips are absolutely HILL-AIR-EE-OUS!!! *LOL*

*LOL*

*LOL*

Even still….the coonery must cease!

(smiles)
Lisa

]]> By: jazzfan360 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1836 jazzfan360 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:34:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1836 Yeah, I don't mind sayin it's now a goal of mine to go to a Hal Williams cookout.<br/><br/>I'm excited to see whatever you have to offer on guest stars. So many good ones I can't even think of a particular one to single out. Though if you branch out to include white guest stars on black shows, major props must be lent to Bill Shatner's INSANELY great turn on Fresh Prince. "Throw yo hands in tha ai-ya if you's a true playa!" Oh hell HELL yes. Yeah, I don’t mind sayin it’s now a goal of mine to go to a Hal Williams cookout.

I’m excited to see whatever you have to offer on guest stars. So many good ones I can’t even think of a particular one to single out. Though if you branch out to include white guest stars on black shows, major props must be lent to Bill Shatner’s INSANELY great turn on Fresh Prince. “Throw yo hands in tha ai-ya if you’s a true playa!” Oh hell HELL yes.

]]> By: Thembi http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1834 Thembi Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1834 You guys made a great bunch of suggestions for next week's post on Guest Stars! It all makes me wish my brain didn't work in such a wildly specific way that I just included actual cast members in this post!<br/><br/>@justjudith and Lola<br/>Y'all take the authenticity cake. I'd LOVE to be at a BBQ at Hal William's house and be part of a forced coonin' with my siblings! Like for real...<br/><br/>@kim<br/>I'm only 29, but I was latchkey kid so I watched a LOT of syndicated TV... You guys made a great bunch of suggestions for next week’s post on Guest Stars! It all makes me wish my brain didn’t work in such a wildly specific way that I just included actual cast members in this post!

@justjudith and Lola
Y’all take the authenticity cake. I’d LOVE to be at a BBQ at Hal William’s house and be part of a forced coonin’ with my siblings! Like for real…

@kim
I’m only 29, but I was latchkey kid so I watched a LOT of syndicated TV…

]]> By: NaturallyAlise http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1831 NaturallyAlise Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1831 What about the Different World when Whitley and Jaleesa performed with Gladys Night..."Love Overboard!" What about the Different World when Whitley and Jaleesa performed with Gladys Night…”Love Overboard!”

]]> By: Undercover Black Man http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1826 Undercover Black Man Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1826 Thembi, you rock the hell out of a concept! This was a blast.<br/><br/>I got one to add: Redd Foxx and special guest Timmie Rogers <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lG6X_G8G80" REL="nofollow">takin' it to the stage</a> in "Sanford and Son."<br/><br/>Or cut-and-paste if that works better than the link:<br/><br/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lG6X_G8G80 Thembi, you rock the hell out of a concept! This was a blast.

I got one to add: Redd Foxx and special guest Timmie Rogers takin’ it to the stage in “Sanford and Son.”

Or cut-and-paste if that works better than the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lG6X_G8G80

]]> By: Lola Gets http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html/comment-page-1#comment-1825 Lola Gets Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.whatwouldthembido.com/2008/06/the-black-sitcom-and-the-talent-showcase.html#comment-1825 This was a great post! That said, I have 2 extremely embarassing comments to make:<br/><br/>1) For the first two years of my Smith career, one of my housemates told me that I reminded her of Jackee Harry, cause I was so damned loud. Nice, huh?<br/><br/>2) Ever since that damned episode of the Cosby Show, my uncle has demmanded that he and my sisters and I, do something like that for ever.damned.celebratory.event my family has. We're talking the 50, 55, and 60th wedding anniversaries as well as the reception honoring the library my grandfather had named after him. And we're talking about us doing this before crowds of 200+ Truly.fucking.embarassing.<br/><br/>Aint friends and family great??<br/><br/>:)<br/><br/>L This was a great post! That said, I have 2 extremely embarassing comments to make:

1) For the first two years of my Smith career, one of my housemates told me that I reminded her of Jackee Harry, cause I was so damned loud. Nice, huh?

2) Ever since that damned episode of the Cosby Show, my uncle has demmanded that he and my sisters and I, do something like that for ever.damned.celebratory.event my family has. We’re talking the 50, 55, and 60th wedding anniversaries as well as the reception honoring the library my grandfather had named after him. And we’re talking about us doing this before crowds of 200+ Truly.fucking.embarassing.

Aint friends and family great??

:)

L

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