Denmark Vesey: D.L. Hughley On CNN

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

D.L. Hughley On CNN

Anonymous said ...

Off Comment, but has anyone seen the coonery that is the D.L. Hughley show on CNN?

4 comments:

uglyblackjohn said...: Both D.L. and D.A.G. are benefitting from the Obama Effect.; Oct 29, 2008, 4:29:00 AM
Submariner said...: I'm in agreement with anonymous. The clip with Sammy Davis Jr. was quite disturbing for me and my wife.; Oct 29, 2008, 9:32:00 AM
Anonymous said...: God, this guy's comedy just makes me cringe lately. It's sad, because he used to be so funny. But now it's like lately he's taking on topics well beyond his ability to expound upon and it just looks bad.

Anybody remember that show he had on BET? Same sort of cringe-worthy setups. Like one where these black girls were in an asian nail shop. And the idea was that the asian women were talking about them in cantonese (I think it was) while doing their feet. So naturally the black women, being just like every stereotype we've ever seen on tv, were supposed to snap snapping fingers and rolling necks and sassing the place up. But the girls were more like offended and hurt and the sketch fell horribly flat. (Guh-oddd, it was bad.)

Seriously stick to reminiscing about the can of mystery grease on top of "big momma's stove." Haha that's funny, my grandma did that too. *NOT* this.; Oct 29, 2008, 1:27:00 PM
Undercover Black Man said...: Love that "Anonymous" avatar!; Oct 29, 2008, 1:30:00 PM

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