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    American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed

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    03/13/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    Chocolate News...I remember wanting that show to succeed very badly.


    Read that a few times.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    Except "Chocolate News" was not a bad show. It was actually pretty good.


    It's the kind of show you expected to be bad, because it has that whole "bad show" vibe surrounding it. So when it came on the air, you thought to yourself: "Oh no, this is gonna be bad." But then, as you watched it, you realized it really wasn't bad at all.


    Admit it, Hamilton: You never actually watched the show, did you?

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    So... what black comedians do people like?


    I dig Gayla Johnson a lot:

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    03/11/09

    @rajmahall: Fuck, wrong one:

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    03/11/09

    @rajmahall:


    {{{smile}}}

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    Chapelle's Show had alot of hits and alot of misses, but it was original and really funny at a time when Comedy Central lost the Man Show and was getting rid of all those crappy Dane Cook half-hour specials.


    DAG is really a super-talented guy, and while his show wasn't golden, it gave me a good laugh and let me think that not JUST white guys are funny.


    D.L. Hughley should've known better.


    The thing is, people mock these shows as not being up to par. But noone wants to castrate Tyler Perry for making modern day minstrel shows that feed you mouthfuls of bile and comedic sputum

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    03/11/09

    @iamjustjules:


    Actually a lot of black people (me included) hate Tyler Perry for that reason. The real problem is that although those movies are minstrels shows, black people are the ones making sure that it's #1 at the box office.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    Chocolate News was great for 5-10 minutes per episode, but you never knew where they would be hiding.
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    03/11/09

    @shini: as is most comedy central shows save for the Daily Show.... although in regard to Demitri, it's 1-2 minutes..
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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    "Giving shows to people who aren't good is the real conspiracy."


    Straw man? Where is a conspiracy mentioned? And what have they done with funny Eddy Murphy and funny Chapelle? Are there any funny comics out there any more? The much hyped Dmitri guy hasn't exactly killed it in the few videos we've seen so far.

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    03/11/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Exactly. Dmitri Martin's show was lauded way before it even aired and from what I've seen it's incredibly boring..I'm sorry..'smart'. DAG is actually really funny. The writing for his show was not at all good..I wish he had acted on Chappelle's show and gone on from there with a spin-off of sorts.
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    03/11/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Ditto, Martin delivers some decent dry comedy but none of it is hysterically funny.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    Chocolate News was hysterical. I could listen to David Alan Grier as Maya Angelou reading the phone book all day long.


    Somehow Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, and 90% of whats on VH1 remains on the air.


    No justice, no peace.

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    03/11/09

    @Soup: HEY. Flavor Flav is an American institution...
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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    I had completely expected you to somehow wedge a plug for that dude Jordan Carlos into this story, Hamilton.


    But you didn't. My mistake.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    I have never seen Chocolate News but I have seen the Hughley show and the Chappelle show and I think it is wonderful these shows are off the air. Although they show those ignorant Chapelle re-runs. (womp womp). Those shows suck and never should have aired in the first place.
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    03/11/09

    @Sunshine616: Chappelle was brilliant and it wasn't canceled, he went nuts and quit.
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    03/11/09

    @Sunshine616: Yeah Chappelle was great, it was all the teenagers shouting, "I'm Rick James, bitch!" that weren't so great.
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    03/11/09

    @Macloserboy: @VioletBlue: There's a website online that maps out a big conspiracy theory about why he quit. I think it says something about Oprah, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson not liking the show, and they were plotting his demise if he didn't quit.
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    03/11/09

    @Macloserboy: That and his realization that he was re-enforcing black stereotypes on his show.
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    03/11/09

    @What I Meant Was...: Sounds like the Black Crusaders. First they come for Dave Chapelle, then Tracy Jordan, then the makers of African zombie video games ...
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    03/11/09

    @Omelas:


    Dammit, Tyler Perry better watch out!

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    03/11/09

    In reply to American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
    CHAPELLE!!! Why hast thou forsaken us?
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