The new rule for Martin Luther King Day is that his name should not come out of your mouth on some nonsense. Examples:

Lil’ Wayne on how to handle beef: “You’d expect me to pay somebody to do it? You…

For the first time, Good Hair Gone Bad is going to have to be extended to an entire family, because choosing just one of them simply wouldn’t do the concept of good hair that has clearly gone bad justice. The…

Charles Dickens’A Christmas Carol is one of the most re-made stories in the history of literature, and if you have never seen the black version, John Grin’s Christmas starring Robert Guillaume as the Scrooge character, you are far from alone.…

Maybe it’s just me, but do people in your office accidentally call you by other black employee’s names, even if you’re lightskinned, weigh 250 lbs, and have an afro, and the name you get called belongs to a dark little…

By now I’m sure you have all realized that I grew up watching a lot of television (latch-key kids, holla!), and because of that, the era where there was a new black sitcom premiering nearly every week was one of…

Martin is the show that defined my high-school years and shaped my personal brand of comedy – we often forget how revolutionary it was at the time. Martin Lawrence didn’t mind cussing, he didn’t mind playing stereotypes, and he didn’t mind intense physical comedy, which is what really made Martin a genuine success (until Gina left the show and it jumped the shark). My past Most Memorable Episodes” posts have had 5 episodes each, but for Martin I had a hard time narrowing things down so I had to add a few bonus clips. But the best part is that hundreds of episodes are available on YouTube for your viewing pleasure, so if you have time

Wow. This ad for Listerine is from 1973, well before Electric Company. I like when he goes “well looky here.”

Only Bebe Drake (sometimes Drake-Massey) could have played David Allen Grier’s mother carrying a bucket of chitlins in Boomerang. Or howabout the episode of Martin where we find out “You gotta go to work on Myra’s feet,” then Gina…

I can’t say enough about BernNadette Stanis aka Thelma Evans. She was always so dope because aside from just being pretty, she was so sweet but always got with J.J.’s old beanpole jokes. She may be the most desired…

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I want to identify all of the little white pre-teen girls who are putting this Obama poster up and put them through Afrophiles Anonymous.

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For the record, I had a HUGE crush on Dwayne.

Do You Remember:

5. The one where that guy robs Raj and Rerun’s apartment around Christmas and keeps saying “Right…right…gotcha.”

4. Rerun becomes a page at NBC and dreams that…

It is my pleasure and duty to profile an obscure black c-list actor or actress every Friday. When it comes to black actors only Denzel and Halle, for example, are a-list, most others, like Regina King…

Before I even really get started here I wanted to make sure to archive all of the “Fresh Black Girls” I can think of. In fact, from here on out I will be discussing and posting a nice pic of…