after watching a mini-marathon on tvone the other day, i’ve come to realize that my complete underwhelmedness with “good times” has nothing to do with the (lack of) comedy, the ubiquitous corduroy pantsuits or even the perpetually dispiriting story lines and everything to do with two people: florida and james evans
you see, a show is only as good as its main characters, and its hard to believe in a show that bases itself on its “realness” when the relationship between the heads of the household is as believable as drew peterson
i mean, forget about the fact that they were as compatible as bathtub water and live toasters. also, lets overlook the fact that florida evans was more asexual than a box of brillo pads, making the thought of her having enough sex to have three children more unrealistic than shay_d_lady’s life.
no, lets instead focus on the fact that john amos was 35 years old when the series began...and esther rolle was 53!!!! fifty f*cking three???
considering that 18 years in cabrini-green could conceivably be two generations, james was getting that good backroom gotdamn from someone who could have been his f*cking grandmother. no wonder he couldn’t keep a job for longer than eight days. epson seasoned project coochie on the reg does that to you
anyway, thinking about this unadulterated romantic mismatch made me think of a few other extremely unrealistic couples i’ve seen on screen.
andre romulus ellis and reese marie wiggam ellis, “brown sugar”
she’s 6’2 without heels. he’s 5’2 with them. case closed
omar and perfunctory light-brown skinned bottom pretty boy criminal, “the wire”
seriously, how the hell did omar find these dudes? did he meet them all at the same club? were they all from the same family? did he put ads on craigslist for “perpetually sweaty, homeless, and murderous gay stick-up kid with multiple bounties on head seeks light-skinned homo thug willing to stick-up and get stuck“? somebody please explain this to me.
thelma frye and reverend reuben gregory, “amen”
of all the aggressively effeminate male/shrewish female late 80′s black sitcom pairings (the winslows from “family matters”, the banks from the “fresh prince of bel-air”, etc), these two were the least convincing. i mean, you know the chemistry is bad when you think the reverend and sherman hemsley…
…would have made a better couple.
thats it for me. people of vsb.com, did i forget anyone?
—the champ
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Winifred “Freddie” Brooks and Ron Johnson
When “A Different World” got this couple together they just went too far. No way was the socially conscious hippie chick going for the short dude from Detroit who always had a scheme.
BTW, what the hell is caprini green? I think ya meant Cabrini.
No need to thank me.
And Nicole Ari Parker (Reese) wasn’t that much taller than Taye (Dre)!
@iloVEGrits,
Anyone who isn’t 14 & Taye Diggs is side-eye worthy. I’m prolly one of 2 Black women who doesn’t think Taye is fine. He looks pre-pubescent. I imagine freaking him (or Bow Wow) to feel like Pedophilia.
No thanks
@Luvvie,
I don’t think he’s cute either, no ma’am i will take a pass on that one!
@iloVEGrits, No way was the socially conscious hippie chick going for the short dude from Detroit who always had a scheme.
i dont know VEG.. opposites attract all the time…
ask paula abdul..she was attracted to a rapping cartoon cat….
@shay_d_lady,
“ask paula abdul..she was attracted to a rapping cartoon cat….”
Time of Death: Whatever time this clock says.
@shay_d_lady, it took me a minute but then i died
@shay_d_lady,
There is a corner that is waiting for ur arrival. Please proceed to it w/ no protest. Kthx
@iloVEGrits,
“BTW, what the hell is caprini green?”
a new kool-aid flavor i invented this weekend
@iloVEGrits, i might have to agree with you on Ron and Freddie (though Luvvie is absolutely right).
i just didn’t see them together in any way shape or form. them ninjas wasn’t yoked.
Freddie was fine though.
@iloVEGrits,
Remember Freddie had got a perm too… she had flipped the script anyway, that move made the Ron-relationship more believable actually…
@Naturally Alise,
“Remember Freddie had got a perm too… she had flipped the script anyway, that move made the Ron-relationship more believable actually…”
Yeah, this. And actually, since they argued so much, it was bound to happen due to standard TV show forumula. The ones that fight and banter always end up together at some point.
Dwayne & Whitley didn’t even seem believable at first. We just kinda started rooting for them after a while.
The Ron & Freddie thing was actually kinda hot in retrospect.
Ok, I’ll overlook the fact that you’re a bit tardy with the post, Champ, cause the substance is good, lol.
You forgot George and Weezy on The Jeffersons. I’m sayin’ her voice was deeper than his! The hell? And she don’t even have a neck. Guess that’s a good cover up for her Adam’s apple, though.
@RedBeanzNRice, I thought i was the only one who noticed the tardiness. I will forgive him, but i hope the chex was worth it.
@JamaicanGirl,
“I will forgive him, but i hope the chex was worth it.”
if i had a dollar…
@The Champ,
“if i had a dollar…”
But you don’t. How many times we gotta go thru this, Champie?
@Luvvie,
go thru deez
@The Champ,
“go thru deez”
No.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“I’m sayin’ her voice was deeper than his! The hell?”
Weezy’s voice was deeper than Barry White’s. If that was it, then Toni Braxton won’t be with her man either.
@Luvvie,
Toni’s voice ain’t THAT deep. Her speaking voice, anyway. And, um…the physical difference between her and Weezy is why Toni would have a man and Weezy, well…
@iloVEGrits,
“the physical difference between her and Weezy is why Toni would have a man and Weezy, well…”
I’m not gonna say Weezy was ugly, but I damn sho’ won’t say she was cute, either, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice, I’m not gonna say Weezy was ugly, but I damn sho’ won’t say she was cute, either, lol.
but Sherman Hemsley aint winnin no attractiveness trophies either…and I really want to know what made his mama name him ‘Sherman”……
@shay_d_lady,
“but Sherman Hemsley aint winnin no attractiveness trophies either…”
Shew, I don’t know what you talm bout, cause back in the day when the show first came on, Sherman was foine! I guess being married to Weezy all those years put some wear and tear on him.
@shay_d_lady,
Agreed. Sherman was short. Short men have to take what they can get!
@RedBeanzNRice, i’ll say it. she was fugly.
@RedBeanzNRice,
You forgot George and Weezy on The Jeffersons.
you know what, i thought about them, but they match for some odd reason. maybe its the mustaches.
@The Champ,
And Weezy’s man-voice.
@The Champ,
“maybe its the mustaches.”
Now see, I didn’t even think about that. Her mustache game was proper! That’s prolly how she kept George in check – he had an inferiority complex behind her stache being groomed better than his.
Oh, and I forgot about another “The Jeffersons” couple. Tom and Helen Willis. Now, don’t get me wrong, cause it’s not the swirl I’m mad at. But I’m sayin’ if you’re gonna go there, why pick a big, fat, sweaty white dude when there’s plenty of good-looking white dudes out there?
I’m not sure if I’m more mad at her husband selection, or her nostrils. I mean DAMN. What’s with the Dionne Warwick proboscis? Did something just smell so damn good that her nostrils permanently stayed flared, or did Tom just literally have her nose wide open? So many questions.
@RedBeanzNRice,
You are a fool. lol.
@iloVEGrits,
Hahahaha, but you know I ain’t lyin’ though!
@RedBeanzNRice,
Speaking of THE SWIRL! A couple that pissed me off to NO end was the pairing of Miranda and Blair Underwood on “Sex and the City”. They made me gag errtime I saw them kiss. Ain’t NO WAY Blair Underwood (and that SEGZY Harry Potter forehead scar of his) gon want Miranda’s asexual ornery *ss.
Or that’s what I tell myself.
@Luvvie,
Interesting. I thoughT them pairing him with her made the most sense. Sam was too obvious and Charlotte and Carrie: I couldn’t see it. at all.
Blair doesn’t do it for me…he looks like he beats women, so I didn’t mind seeing him with Red.
@iloVEGrits,
WHAT?? First Idris, now BLAIR?? Next thang you gon tell me Denzel Washington doesn’t make you wanna shame your mama and ur Creole ancestors
@Luvvie,
Girl hush yo mouf! Denzel, even though he is up there in years, could git some.
And the ancestors would be proud of what I’d do to him, not shamed.
@iloVEGrits,
And for THIS, our friendship is restored. Please keep the Dereon friendship bracelet I made you. The one w/ the emblazoned “Friends Forever” in gold.
@iloVEGrits,
“Girl hush yo mouf! Denzel, even though he is up there in years, could git some.”
Yes, ma’am. That lazy-eyed ninja adorns my work computer wallpaper as we type. Yums.
@iloVEGrits, Blair doesn’t do it for me…he looks like he beats women, so I didn’t mind seeing him with Red.
Blair has his moments but overall…its an eh.. I mean he has to have the right cut, the right outfit.. the right light…and be smiling…
and then his name is Blair…. and he’s a man
.. I just cant see screamin out Blair..
@iloVEGrits,
they had already matched Samantha up with a lack guy anyway, the one whose sister owned the restaurant they liked… but I must say this pair up upset me deeply, bc Miranda looks like what I imagine a human chicken pox strain would look like…
@Naturally Alise,
“with a lack guy ”
I HOPE that wasn’t a Freudian slip.
@Luvvie, “(and that SEGZY Harry Potter forehead scar of his)”
you KNOW HP references bring me to the Quidditch field!
for that, i used all my heaven points to put in a good word for you, all your hell points are gone, you are now at a 0. rack em up wisely!
you are welcome:) GRYFFINDORRRRRRRRRRRR!
@overit,
Expelliarmus!!!
BTW, I’m SOOO geeked for Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, coming out this summer. I’m doing a jig in anticipation of the awesome.
Yes, I’m a dork.
@Luvvie,
The only thing that matches my excitement for July 15 is the overwhelming sadness I felt upon learning that the movie, which was supposed to be released in November and was ready and err-thing, was being pushed to July… why Lawd, why?
Anyway, I built a bridge, got over it, and am probably gonna make the trip to an IMAX theater for a “different” experience. I wanna coordinate a field trip!
@Beez,
i would be soooo down for that fieldtrip.
@Beez,
YES to the Harry Potter field trip. Let’s do it, ladies! We’d be the coolest dorks in that place!
@SouthernGirl & Luvvie,
AW-RIGHT!!! I have a few hundred suggestions, but among them- we must wear scarves. Nice, thin, summery scarves. Before that, I must learn to knit. I would say we go with monogrammed sweaters a la Madame Weasley, but it’s summertime, and too hot for that ish in the Midwest. Have your peoples call my peoples (mainly, me) and we’ll get it planned!
*squeeee*
@Beez,
“I would say we go with monogrammed sweaters a la Madame Weasley, but it’s summertime, and too hot for that ish in the Midwest.”
lololol.
@RedBeanzNRice,
See you? You and Helen’s nostrils just woke my baby! Wrongness!
LMAO!
@RedBeanzNRice,
I won’t even hate on the absurdity of Mz. Helen’s nostrils. They helped produce Lenny Kravitz, a piece of work that I sometimes can’t stop staring at.
@Beez,
I think Jenny is Lenny’s mom.
@RedBeanzNRice,
It was definitely Helen.
@Voiceofreason,
Well, ya learn something new everyday! Would you believe that’s only the 3rd time in my life I’ve ever been wrong?
@RedBeanzNRice,
Wow! You beat my record. I’ve only been wrong four times.
@Beez,
co-sign on Lenny Kravitz. He is so hot, been crushing on him for almost 20 yrs and he still looks good.
@pinksghetti,
You see them latest pics of him in the shower?
Yum.
@miss t-lee,
Yeah, yum, as long as he’s wearing shades. Cockeyed men are scary. I mean, you don’t even know who they’re looking at when they’re talking.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Hey…I was talking body wise…lol
@miss t-lee,
No unfortunately not. But I still reminisce (or however it’s spelled, lol) over his music video from back in the 90′s where he dropped his towel and showed side booty.
@pinksghetti,
That’s what you get to see in the new shower pics. Google ‘em when you get a chance…
@pinksghetti,
Ditto
Oh, and Champ, if your soul ain’t gloing quite right today, it’s because the Rolle Ghost is haunting you. You went IN on Florida!
BTW, her afro always seemed so solid. Twas like a helmet. Nay, a NATURAL hairhat. Yup.
@Luvvie,
“BTW, her afro always seemed so solid.”
I gotta agree on that one, except for the few times I saw a few holes in her fro – like the makeup department didn’t have afro combs. Po’ James, though, cause his fro was always fried, but never laid to the side. *sighs* And why did they ALWAYS have him wearing that same pair of pants EVERY DAMN EPISODE, but Thelma’s stank butt always had fresh gear?
And now that I think about it, weren’t they supposed to be poor as hell? Well why the hell was the frigidaire always stocked with good stuff like cakes, sweet potato pie and fried chicken? And how come everybody had clothes except for James? And why did Florida always wear orange? Was that supposed to be punny? “Florida Orange”? Lame – even for the 70′s.
But I dug me some Wilona, though, cause she ain’t take no mess offa NOBODY – not even Sweet Daddy Williams.
Damn, I digressed. Yeah, it’s my bedtime, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice, Well alrighty then. I must agree with you about the wadrobe, something was was fishy, Thelma was always looking fresh with her perfectly ironed bell bottom jeans and tie front plaid shirts while James always rocked those tired corduroys.
Major *— side eye *— for the wardrobe department.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Makes sense to me. Who yall know in the projects walks around looking dusty but some old men? Now the food on the other hand…a stocked fridge in the bricks just doesn’t happen.
@Me fail english?, a stocked fridge in the bricks just doesn’t happen.
shyt why the he.ll not? every project house I know had a fridge full of leg quarters, ice potatoes, eggs bread and “lunch meat”…throw in some kool aid and dry goods and there you have it.. now if they had steaks, and skrimps, and leafy fresh vegetables..then that would be questionable….especially since Flo didnt take no assistance…
@shay_d_lady,
lol. That stuff you named isn’t the same as”stocked” in the way RedBeanz was listing. But then again, I never really paid attn to what the Evans’ ate…until the episode they almost had dog food casserole. heheheheh
@Me fail english?, That stuff you named isn’t the same as”stocked” in the way RedBeanz was listing. But then again, I never really paid attn to what the Evans’ ate…until the episode they almost had dog food casserole. heheheheh
girl I remember that episode…LOL she brought that meat loaf and everybody was side eyeing it..damn
but on another note…that stuff is what you make the fried chicken, cakes and sweet potato pie with chile…
honestly though the hood fridge’s stay stocked.. its the ninjas with good jobs that dont normally have shyt but bread, wine and energy drinks in they joint…maybe cause they know when they get hungry they can just go to the store.. hood folks gone and stock up when they get it.. so its either full or empty. no in between..LOL
@Me fail english?,
Not even with food stamps???
@Ms. T,
In my experience even WIC couldn’t make the fridge look “stocked”. Maybe stamps don’t go as far up here.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“And now that I think about it, weren’t they supposed to be poor as hell? Well why the hell was the frigidaire always stocked with good stuff like cakes, sweet potato pie and fried chicken? And how come everybody had clothes except for James? And why did Florida always wear orange? Was that supposed to be punny? “Florida Orange”? Lame – even for the 70’s.”
remember, these are the same people who thought it would be believable to cast a 35 year old man and a 53 year old woman as husband and wife, and also employed a 26 year old actor to play their eldest son. lets just say that they weren’t stuck on the realness
@The Champ,
I don’t know how I missed this stuff. JJ looked older than 17 but until you said something about Flawda, I thought she and James were the same age. He mustve been aging horribly, or she, particularly well
@Me fail english?,
1. “Flawda” is the only way I shall refer to her from now on.
b. Esther Rolle ain’t age particularly well. She was proff that Black indeed, does crack.
3a. I think James’ busted bozo Afro is what did him the world of disservice.
@Luvvie,
Word. Now that I think of it, he looked older on Good Times than he did in Player’s Club! Damn that killer clown fro!
james was getting that good backroom project gotdamn from someone who could have been his f*cking grandmother. no wonder he couldn’t keep a job for longer than eight days. it must of been hard reporting to work with the smell of..
LMAO, iHATEYOUSOMUCHRIGHTNOW. all i can remember is when she passed, my little brother and i were at the grocery store and i was like “oh no, florida evans died” and he said, “yeah, died of ugliness”. RUDE.
i can’t dissect good times, and i’m surprised u aint discuss how unrealistic it was florida produced thelma…
*facing east and praying for forgiveness*
@overit,
“i’m surprised u aint discuss how unrealistic it was florida produced thelma”
lolol. Go sat down!
@overit,
“i can’t dissect good times, and i’m surprised u aint discuss how unrealistic it was florida produced thelma…”
iCan’t w/ you, Zee. LMAO!
@Luvvie, **** Dead****
@overit,
“all i can remember is when she passed, my little brother and i were at the grocery store and i was like “oh no, florida evans died” and he said, “yeah, died of ugliness”. RUDE.”
Well I just died from this foolishness. LMAO!!! One ain’t sposed to speak ill of the dead and gone, so…
*kneels down* Lord, please forgive me. you know my heart is pure. My motives are so clean. It’s my words and actions that are charcoal.
@overit, I forgive you …and your brother..when I heard po dorothy died of cancer..but wanted the type of cancer to remain secret.. my first thought was prostate cancer…..
I know Im wrong but cmon why else keep it a secret?…
talk about an unrealistic relationship……
@shay_d_lady,
my first thought was prostate cancer…..
I know Im wrong but cmon why else keep it a secret?
This comment is like wrong on 27 different levels…but I’m still laughing.
Reminds me of one of my homeboys…who has obviously had gastric bypass surgery but won’t admit to it. So when he got out of the hospital after a few weeks, I asked him what was wrong. He wouldn’t say, so I told him it was okay that he’d gotten his balls removed.
He didn’t find it amusing.
Denise Huxtable and Martin Kendall
For all the hippie, child of the world raw sex appeal that Denise Huxtable (Lise Bonet) exudes, there is no way on this earth an uptight Naval officer would have gone for – and stayed with – her flakey ways.
And I had a hard time accepting that the flower child settled down with an overgrown Popeye.
@iloVEGrits,
Maybe Martin loved Denise for her Gordon Gartrelle shirt skills. *cackles*
@Luvvie,
lmao.
@Luvvie, lmao, why are you so special?
*dancing singing “so sbecial, so sbecial so sbecial so sbecial*
@Luvvie, yo you get so much props for the gordon gartrelle ref
@Luvvie,
Did you know why that “designer” came into being? Cause Gordon Gartrelle is one of the producers on the show. Yeah, I watch too much TV, and way too many end credits.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Yes, I am also aware of that. I’m a random trivia head. Plus, I read IMDB.com for leisure.
@Luvvie,
Well, at least you read, lol. I just watch TV which would explain my ghetto side, lol. Damn, I’m supposed to be sleep. Ok, I’m going, I’m going.
@Luvvie,
I always confuse Gordon Gartrelle with Rudy’s fish-eye sweater. Shame on those writers for remixing episodes
@Me fail english?,
How can u confuse the Gordon Gatrelle w/ the uneven sleeves and the wonky pattern to Rudy’s fish-eye sweater that she stole money from her mama to get?
Do we need a “Cosby Show” trivia day?
@Luvvie,
“Do we need a “Cosby Show” trivia day?”
Yes.
@Luvvie, Only one fish eye lit up on that sweater! That was a funny episode too!
@Ms. T,
“One SAD little fish eye.”
Claire was TV Mom Supreme
@iloVEGrits,
Denise Huxtable and Martin Kendall
For all the hippie, child of the world raw sex appeal that Denise Huxtable (Lise Bonet) exudes, there is no way on this earth an uptight Naval officer would have gone for – and stayed with – her flakey ways.
if i extended the list one more they would have made the cut.
@iloVEGrits,
“Denise Huxtable and Martin Kendall”
YES! Martin Kendall was the lamest of lame. I loved that crossover Different World/Cosby ep when Whitley made a reference to Martin saying “a laxative wouldn’t do him any harm” or something of that sort. It was hilarious and so true. Mofo was as stiff as Moses’ rod (before it turned into a snake, of course).
@iloVEGrits, maybe ADW was trying to teach us that you too can snag a hippie since ron pulled on and martin pulled denise.
i mean, b/c of ADW, my Intent-To-Snag-Big-Hair-Chick ratio was way higher than it should have been.
@Panama Jackson,
“i mean, b/c of ADW, my Intent-To-Snag-Big-Hair-Chick ratio was way higher than it should have been.”
This was funnier than you know.
@iloVEGrits,
They should have Denise marry the guy that they sang “Eh Mon… i I said Eh Mon…..” , sorry that’s what is in my spirit, lol….
@Naturally Alise,
That’s in my top 5 episode of Cosby…lol
@miss t-lee,
my fav episode was when theo wanted to move out and Bill was schooling him to the cost of livin on ya own with the monopoly money. the cosby’s were the shizzzz. i always wondered where did they live?
@BLUNTBLAZER,
Somewhere in Brooklyn. Probably in Carroll Gardens or smthg. Maybe BK Heights. Not really sure since BK was fcuked the fcuked up in the 80s. Can’t imagine an MD and JD wanting to live in any of the brownstone areas back then…
@Naturally Alise,
HAHAHA! For real!
He has serious neck rolling game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKUwcCp7LPE
LMAO.
@overit, I am so done with you for posting the link to the video. I feel bad for laughing .
@overit,
if i had to rank “unintentionally funny dramatic moments”, this scene would be number one, nutso jumping off the roof at the beginning of “above the rim” would be number two, and “luvvie combing her hair” would be number three.
@The Champ,
“luvvie combing her hair” would be number three.”
iRebuke this statement in the name of all things untrue. You sitting back there telling me my hair ain’t luxurious when it CLEARLY is.
Champ, may all your Kangols shrink, thereby rendering your egghead open to the masses. HMPH!
P.S. COMB DEEZ!
@The Champ, This comment made my day, week, and year, anything letting the world know the defiance of Luvvie’s hair. I approve this message.
@Naturally Alise,
See here? Why must YOU start w/ me today? I didn’t even say NOTHING bout your coiffure that looks like a bird’s nest. Tweety would DAH to reside in it. Ol’ Twiggy-follicled self.
P.S. I saw your hair in the last Chuck Norris flick. Twas the best Tumble Weed this side of the Missi’ppi River.
@The Champ, LMBAO, i hate you champ! only alise would love this comment.
@overit,
You are terrible and divine for posting that video. This entire post seems complete now. As does my life.
@overit,
The only time I ever thought Marlon Wayans was remotely funny is when he did this scene.
@overit,
I can’t believe you posted that! You need to go back to church and ask for forgiveness…matter of fact…just lay across the altar…and wait on Jesus!
Lmao at this post. I’ve always asked what was the big deal about good times. The acting was lame to me. Florida and James were an odd couple. Kinda likebpairing Froto Baggins and Smigel
I always thought Carl and Harrier Winslow was an odd couple
I didn’t like Kim Reese with Ron on A different World
Let’s not forget the show true colors with the interacial family. It’s not that they were interracial but the wife was this lil cornball looking woman and the husband looked like a child molestor
@Satya,
“Kim Reese with Ron on A different World”
How bout nobody worked with Ron on a A Different World?
Ron barely worked with Ron…
@Satya,
I didn’t think Dwayne and Whitley or the Colonel and Julissa worked either. But hey, who knows?
@Me fail english?,
Dwayne & Whitley were awkward to me. I saw NO chemistry betwixt them.
@Me fail english?,
Omg, the Colonel and Julissa was the worst evah. It made her character completely intolerable.
@Cheekie,
“Omg, the Colonel and Julissa was the worst evah. It made her character completely intolerable.”
Agreed. I never liked that heffa. Julissa’s acting was ALWAYS over the top anyway, but when they got together, it was all downhill.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Yeah and her “singing” everyone always cooed over wasn’t nothing to email home about.
@Cheekie,
Right?! They stayed tryna make somebody into a great jazz musician. GTFOH!
@Cheekie, yeah it really did. i used to like Julissa too, but she stayed on the show like 3 seasons too long.
@Me fail english?, I forgot about the Colonedl and Julissa. Ugh..they sucked so did Kim’s bf Psencer with his bootleg Jamaican accent
@Satya,
The acting was lame to me.
thats another thing. the actors and acting styles just didnt fit. they created a comedy revolving around esther rolle, a scenery chewing dramatic actress and jimmy walker, a scenery chewing comedic actor.
i mean, can you imagine a popular sitcom today with s. epatha merkerson as the central character and mike epps as her son?
@The Champ,
“i mean, can you imagine a popular sitcom today with s. epatha merkerson as the central character and mike epps as her son?”
LOL! That sounds hilarious!
@Satya, I always thought Carl and Harrier Winslow was an odd couple
that’s cuz Carl Winslow was clearly gay. you could tell by how uncomfortable he looked every time he had to kiss Harriet.
then again, i dont think i’d be comfortable kissing her either.
she looked like her name would be Harriet.
@Panama Jackson, she looked like her name would be Harriet. soo true, like she was THISCLOSE to being named Gertrude.
@Panama Jackson,
“she looked like her name would be Harriet.”
LOL!
i’m so mad that you fantasized about the scent of thelma evans’ “down there.”
i agree that i didn’t like the pairing of blair underwood’s character with miranda from chex in the city. i don’t have a problem with most interracial relationships, but in real life, he would be the black man i wouldn’t respect because really? Really!? you stepped over all the attractive, non gangly alien-like black and boriqua women just to get to that? i can’t do it.
ooh! and speaking of black couples….i just saw obsessed this weekend. i don’t even have an opinion of the movie, but idris. Idris! mmmmm. I mean, really. He’s so gorgeous. I had to keep feeding my date m&m’s to make sure he wouldn’t notice the involuntary leg spasms i kept having.
@charli skipper, Idris was real as hell on the wire stopped watchin for a while when they killed his character
@charli skipper,
i’m so mad that you fantasized about the scent of thelma evans’ “down there.”
lol, i wouldnt call it a fantasy. more like a phantasm.
@The Champ,
*as i sheepishly head to merriamwebster.com*
@The Champ,
phantasm made me think “fantastic orgasm”… I gotta go get me one of those… ttfn
@charli skipper,
“I had to keep feeding my date m&m’s to make sure he wouldn’t notice the involuntary leg spasms i kept having.”
LMAO! Why do i keep visualizing you stuffing his mouth with m&m’s every 5 mins? And at one point, his mouth is so stuffed w/ candy that he looks like Louis Armstrong.
Tee hee. My imagination rocks.
@Luvvie,
yasss! i love it.
Yo any movie with a stand up comedian as the lead role….Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, all of Martin Lawrences movies, Chris Rock (I will give him a pass when he was crack head in New Jack that chick said she was a prom queen but her lips was good n ashy) Cedric the Entertainer…..All of them took some kinda funny man’s priviledge we dont know about. Funny will get you some booty but it wont get you no Halle Berry Boomerang booty.
Myt get you some Grace Jones Strange booty tho, keep your head up funny-ugly dudes
@Blacklaw,
Nah you sleeping kid, look how far funny done got mad of these dudes, from Richard Pryor all the way down to Jamie Foxx.
@Dorian G.,
good point. actually, with that in mind, i should probably edit bernie mac’s placement on the list.
@Dorian G., Jamie goes in the actor category and you gonna have to school me on Richard Pryor I aint seen him walkin with any cuties
As far as the rest go, in the women they ended up marrying, they got a couple of 7′s maybe a 7.5 but they stay wit 9.5′s and 10′s (true Martin did mess with a Kenya she kinda bad)
@Blacklaw,
umm….what you mean you ain’t never seen Richard Pryor walking around with any cuties!? Now you know that the woman who created Rain Pryor had to be BAD!
@charli skipper, Rain look like the bottom of my shoe
@Dorian G., Jamie is an actor so he dont count
Richard I aint never seen with some bad chica so you gonna have to school me on him
Martin did date Kenya so one point for you but as far as the rest go they was messin with a lot of 7.5′s never 10′s at least they damn sure aint marry none
@Blacklaw,
Actually, I think Eddie did pretty well for himself. Mel B, Tracey Edmonds, and although she photographs like a man in drag, in person his ex-wife is pretty bad
@Blacklaw,
Yeah but you can say that for most actors, in fact most men in general. How many dudes really marry the baddest chick they’ve ever bagged?
@Dorian G., yeah, i’m in 100 percent agreeance with you. plus, in eddie murphy’s heyday, he was the man. he pulled all kinds of hot chicks.
@Panama Jackson,
Who said light skin dudes and dark skin dudes can’t agree on something? VSB where amazing happens
@Dorian G.,
this is sweet and sh*t
@The Champ & Dorian G,
Get a room, you two.
@Blacklaw,
Funny can really get a dude somewhere. His attractive quotient gets an extra 1.75 points if he can make me chortle (snort & cackle) regularly. He’d be so funny, he could possibly make me forget he looked like Quasimodo’s 3rd cousin twice removed.
@Luvvie, we are all aware that funny will get you a step up it is the distant cousin of singing which as we all know will improve your quotient 5 to 10 whole points if you also got good credit, fresh breath, all your teeth
as far as eddie go his first wife has an adams apple and if im not crazy her features would not have been tolerated on a darker sister (whole other subject) Mel B is cute but on the real she would get no love from me on if i caught her on the town, Tracy Edmunds is a cutie and by most accounts is a very astute bizness woman so two points for you on that but he didnt marry her so whatever
My point is the chicks they are seen with are seldom…seldom as bad as their movie counterparts leading me to believe they either think they are cute themselves or believe there humor gets them some kind of fly ass chick credit that I am personally unaware of
@Blacklaw,
we are all aware that funny will get you a step up it is the distant cousin of singing which as we all know will improve your quotient 5 to 10 whole points if you also got good credit, fresh breath, all your teeth
soooo true!!!! what is it about guys that can sing?
i mean keith sweat looks like a wolf but lo and behold, he gets the drawers? wtf!
@college bunni,
Are we really gonna include Keith “whines waayyy too much with all that sensitivity” Sweat in people who can sing? I can’t get past the whine. Granted, some of his jams are indeed jams, but still…. I don’t know what kind of voice lies beneath the warbly warbles.
@Beez, real talk he still a hell of a performer i dont know why or how but he is still doin it
@Blacklaw,
as an aside… but she co-produces College hill, please subtract 5 points for that catastrophe.
First off i must applaud the Champ for once again finding a way to make a Wire reference in his post’s. (my Sunday nights have not been the same since it ended)
Couples that made no sense:
Brandy Norwood (Moesha) and Fredro Starr from Onyx (Q) on Moesha- First off Brandy was like 4 feet taller than dude, and she was a prude and he was thug. It would have never worked, not for them anyways.
Also Uncle Phil and his first wife ( Janet-Hubert- Whitten)- That couple made no sense, how could Carlton, Hillary and Ashley be their children, especially Hilary who did she get her complexion from?
@JamaicanGirl,
“especially Hilary who did she get her complexion from?”
Um, Uncle Phil. Duh. He was just as high yella as her. Cause in real life I could ask the same question from my fiance’s looks. His mama and daddy are light-brights, all his sisters and brothers, minus 1 are the same, and he’s dark as hell, with the same features and “good hair”, lol. Ok, I’m sleep now. For real this time.
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@JamaicanGirl,
haha i was JUST thinking of aunt viv (the original) and uncle phil… janet hubert-witten was a bad b*tch.
but what i never got was did the producers think they were slick, moving in colour shades from chocolate to light-skinned when daphne reid took over the role? like were the viewers supposed to not noticed that aunt viv had suddenly paid michael jackson’s dermatologist a visit? i have questions.
oh, and steve harvey and his toupee could never get wendy in real life (although that barely happened on the show).
@puff,
“like were the viewers supposed to not noticed that aunt viv had suddenly paid michael jackson’s dermatologist a visit? i have questions.”
When they answer you, let them know I have the same question about Harriette Winslow #2, and the reasoning for having that 3J kid on the show too. :/
@Beez,
I’m gonna google new Harriette cuz this just upsets me. And other than the hot, androgynous mess that was older Richie, I can’t think of any reason to jump the shark with 3J. That isht was appalling
@Me fail english?,
I’m mad (not really) that you called him hot and androgynous. I hear he’s doing soaps now.
@Beez,
Young and the Restless to be exact.
Please don’t ask me how I know this.
And he’s not hot… he’s an awkward one, for sure.
@puff, i always had beef with Steve Harvey pulling banging chicks. i mean it was his show. but it took me like 4 years to understand and then it dawned on me…
…this show is built on the premise that steve harvey is a good lookin’ man.
after that, i let it go, let if flow.
@JamaicanGirl,
I actually can see that one. When I was in high school I was a sure enough nerd/good girl type and had the thuggest boyfriend this side of the tracks. He was a real life drug dealer and troublemaker, and I stayed messing with that boy for a couple years. SMH…. Now that I think about it I dated some thug types when I was in college too….
@Naturally Alise,
Yeah, goodie-goodie chicks (especially the ones from the burbs) and thugs are always getting together. It’s a very common love connection.
@JamaicanGirl,
Gotta disagree on both counts. On both sides of my family I have light grandpas and dark grandmas and the offspring run the gamut. Also, my great-grandfather is dark, great-grandma is brown but grandpa is a light-bright, spitting image of my dark greatgrandfather. I look just like my dad’s grandmother, but I’m darker than both of my parents. The kids don’t always come out in the middle.
Also, I was a straight arrow, stuck up prude in high school too (I was the last virgin among my friends
) and always found myself with tough guys. It didn’t hurt that Q wasn’t much of a thug either. You might be onto smthg with the height thing tho.
@JamaicanGirl,
(my Sunday nights have not been the same since it ended)
did you catch it at the regular times, or would you watch it a “week ahead” on ondemand at 12:01am?
@The Champ,
On demand at 12:01 am!
@Ms. Johnson, Both, i always watched each episode at lest twice.
nice one!!! i am in shock about the 18 year age gap between the evans!!! and completely agree with your analysis of the ‘amen’ couple, the series was better off when she was just perving him from a-near….the moment they got togeda,it was just downhill….
and in unrelated news…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! who’s bef’de? MY BEF’DE, happeee happeee happeeee bef’de!!!!!
@superwoman,
Happy BDay Superwoman!! Yay!
@RedBeanzNRice, ngiyabonga s’thandwa sam!
(thank you my sweet – zulu)
@superwoman,
**delurks**
Happeeeee Bir’day’o!!! **Special Edition Continental Diva Dust ™**
**re engages lurking device**
@blackberry molasses, thank you thank you!!! i never got this angel dust of yours when i first happened upon this site, and watched with envy as you sprinkled it onto other newcomers…
so am EXTRA THRILLED to be getting it today on my bef’de, espesh since you’ve been lurking!! huggies!!!!
@superwoman,
Happy Birfday chicka!!!!!! Enjoy your day!!!
)
@This Just In…Thursday’s the new Friday!, thankooooo!! i feel just great! have been eating curry and sipping merlot at my desk since midday!!!
@superwoman,
Happy birfday, SuperLady!!!!! *takes swig of ailey’s in honor*
That was ‘posed to say “Bailey’s” but Wordpress won’t let me edit. Hater.
@Luvvie, thanks loveness!!! am swigging merlot right now, and have been since midday, so am HAPPEEEEEEEE!!!!
@Luvvie, ha ha ha, you kill me!! go easy on wordpress!! ha ha ha ha!
@superwoman,
Wordpress is the devil. it is the enemy and my archnemesis: http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2008/11/wordpress-is-enemy.html
@superwoman,
Happy B-Day, girl!
@Cheekie, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Birthdays are so great! everyone just sends you good wishes and lahv all day long! why can’t we do this twice a year – half-birthdays, 6 months down the line? then another on the actual day
@superwoman,
I agree! There’s no love like birthday love. Hmm…
@superwoman,
happy b-day and sh*t
@The Champ,
dankie dankie, moratiwa! (thank you , thank you, my beloved – afrikaans & setswana)
@superwoman, happy birthday. Gemini’s rock.the.bells.
@Panama Jackson,
mwah mwah mwah, my sweera! very true about the gem-geniuses!!!
@superwoman, happy bday to ya!!!
@superwoman, Happy Birthday!
@superwoman,
Happy Birthday, Ms. Lady who is Super and Awesome and all that other stuff that is good! May you encounter only the GOOD flavors of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans!
@Beez, overit & kindred
thank you, thank you!!! espesh for them beans! heh heh!!
@superwoman,
yay!!!!!!!!
*special birthday shooting gold stars*
@superwoman,
Happy Birthday Superwoman! You share a birthday with my sister!!
Monique and Hey Professah. Besides the (l)acting, the cheesy storyline, and overall coonishness of the show, I think that’s why I could never sit through an episode.
@Nikiloveli,
“Haayyyy Professah!!!” is probably the 2nd coming of “Ruuuuben.”
I never realized how much I couldn’t stand her voice on Amen as a wee lass of about 6 years of age… something about the whiny, scratchy voices is so off-putting.
@Nikiloveli,
But you know the Professor wasn’t no prize. I’m sayin’ why his forehead look like it belongs on a Sharpei? I have never seen so many wrinkles on one forehead in my life. And that fool got the nerve to think he’s cute. Psh.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Yeah I didn’t like the professor high-sidin on Mo either. You wasnt hot on Dream On. You wasnt hot on Steve Harvey. How is this corny brotha continually typecast as a hottie? The conspiracy must cease!
@Me fail english?,
I loved Dream On.
Martin Tupper was the man!!!
All my guy friends in high school loved that show…nekkidness all around.
@miss t-lee,
yeah. quite a few cats popped their nudity cherries with “dream on” and “first and 10″
@The Champ,
“first and 10″
Dayum…that’s another show I almost forgot about…lol
@RedBeanzNRice, But you know the Professor wasn’t no prize. I’m sayin’ why his forehead look like it belongs on a Sharpei?
LMAO, omg, i wanted a sharpei ALL thru elementary school, this comment alllmost killed me, but i aint done with the earf yet!
First off F!ck U!!! and I wish I didnt have to put a f!ckin exclamation point in it so that I could get it posted….
just cause you lead an old vanilla a$$ life.. y my life gotta be unrealistic? cause I got a pimp cousin, been arrested 1 or thrice? been an unwiiting accomplice to robbery? almost locked in a trunk ?choked out by a almost pimp midget in the strip club? cause I was charged then released on a grand theft auto joint? recently got arrested for attempting to incite a race riot? Im just saying,, that shyt could happen to anyone!
oh I get its that I did all that and still managed to graduate from college….LMAO
I Lead and have led the most sane and sensical life of any one in my family….wait that probably doesnt help my case…..
anyway..back to my original statement
F!ck U…
p.s.
yous a a vanilla a$$ hater!
@shay_d_lady,
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Fight back! Lol!
Vanilla ass hater just made cackle rather loudly.
@shay_d_lady,
“yous a a vanilla a$$ hater!”
LOL. thanks and sh*t
@shay_d_lady, yes, the term vanilla a$$ hater is quite the entertainment.
@shay_d_lady, LMAO, shay..i love you.
@shay_d_lady,
lolololol.
I didnt find flo and james unbelievable..I could beleive they were a couple, the are about equal on the attraction scale….I mean his for was as bad as hers.. plus them skin tight cords didnt really help his situation…
as an adult though I do find the following couples suspect…
Sandra and Elvin..maybe I just didnt like the 180 his character pulled after they got married but he was so weak and ridiculous I couldnt see any woman feelin him..let alone Sandra…
the man and wife from Alf..i caught a re run and dude was creepy as he.ll I mean…ALF was more apealing
julisa and sinbad from a different world-Sinbad and any woman is unbelievable
Maggie and Hilman.. I mean really? she was clearly just the token white on the show
Flo and that dude that came AFTER James…they looked like they were twins….horribly unfortunate looking twins…..
Tommy and Pam on Martin…. Tommy was g.a.y…nttawt….
@shay_d_lady, okay… I clearly missed that the subject line said BLACK film couples…LOL!!!
oh and I meant to say “his FRO was as bad as hers”
if you think about it.. mama and grandpa huxtable was suspect.. I mean he was still fine in his old age and she was well…
bless her heart is all….
@shay_d_lady,
the man and wife from Alf
speaking of alf, how come there arent any shows about aliens on tv anymore? i mean, who doesnt love a good sitcom about some aliens and sh*t?
@The Champ,
“i mean, who doesnt love a good sitcom about some aliens and sh*t?”
Everyone, for $500 Alex
@Luvvie,
HAHAHAHA!! I hated Alf! I hated Mork & Mindy! The only one that got a pass was that girl who’s dad died but then he followed her in a cloud of light or smthg
@Me fail english?,
Out of this World!
And the dad didn’t die. He was on his home planet and communicated with her through a crystal pyramid thingie.
Yes, I am aware that my ‘dork’ is showing.
@blackberry molasses,
“Yes, I am aware that my ‘dork’ is showing.”
LMAO!!! I’m mad I effed the description of that show ALL up and you STILL came through with it. You must be their number 1 fan
@Me fail…
**Proudly Rockin “Out of this Word” Fan t-shirt**
@The Champ,
Let’s not forget that madness that was Third Rock from the Sun.
@shay_d_lady,
I have to comment on the dad from Alf (I hated that show because Alf was/is so ooogly) that man looked and talked liked a Chester (in fact I think he may have got in some trouble for chester like behavior). Sandra and Elvin are the most boring colored folks in the history of television. They definitely weren’t insomniacs because they had to put each other to sleep (the way they did me).
oh how can I forget the foolishness that was LL and Queen Latifah in the last holiday.. I mean for real.. LL and Queen? Fa real?
really?
@shay_d_lady, wait, on which side? cuz LL is starting to look quite alien his damn self.
something about him just doesnt look real to me anymore.
but they fit cuz they are both rappers who’s prime was in the late 80s/early 90s.
i wonder…and this is to all the ladies cuzi never thought about htis, is LL Cool J the kind of dude that would make you all stop and stare? nobody ever really mentions LL when they’re talking about hot mens. so in that regard, they also fit. plus they were from New Orleans in that movie. down south we like thick chicks that cook in department stores.
@Panama Jackson,
down south we like thick chicks that cook in department stores
this sounds like something trick daddy would say
@Panama Jackson,
“down south we like thick chicks that cook in department stores.’
lmao.
@Panama Jackson, down south we like thick chicks that cook in department stores.’
ummm but doesnt think normally refer to the hips and booty…Queen got shoulders and a back like a pulling guard…
@shay_d_lady,
She’s a flatbacker.
@Panama Jackson,
If LL was (wearing a hat) at my gym, I’d check him out. I wouldn’t stare tho. Cuz Im too cool for that.
I still can’t see how Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey are together. Or seal and Heidi Clomb(spelled that wrong I bet)
@Double J,
Also Flava flav and anyone in this dimension. LOL
@Double J,
“Also Flava flav and anyone in this dimension. LOL”
Cockroaches need love too.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“Cockroaches need love too.”
Do raisins/prunes need love?
@Voiceofreason,
“Do raisins/prunes need love?”
They already got love from the Sun.
@RedBeanzNRice,
“Cockroaches need love too.”
Must you bring Lil Wayne into this? Dang!
I have this system I use where you can only date a number that is + or – 1 of your current number. ex 5 can only date a 4 or 6.
What do you think of that everyone?
@Double J,
@Double J,
You leave TI and Tiny out of this!!! They are very happy together, as are Milian and Dream and Jay and Bey!
@Me fail english?,
you’s a BONAFIDE FOOL!
I get what you sayin about Milian and Nightmare and Queen of Damn-its-WRONG and her multi-platinum camel… but with Tiny man and his Tiny … which one is dating ‘above caste’? **scratches head**
@blackberry molasses,
That’s true. Facially, TI aint hardly a prize. And soon as Tiny rinses the KoolAid from her hair I’ll call them evenly matched.
@blackberry molasses,
*waves hand frantically*
ooh! ooh! Tiny is.
Tip is out of her league. Yeah, he’s skinny and short, but his facial features are wonderful. Hers? Not so much.
@Me fail english?,
LMAO! You stoopid!
BTW, TI & Tiny are ghetto love epitomized. Them fools got bout 56 high yella, big headed kids 2getha and have been freaking since Tiny had a career and was relevant (somewhat). However, they still ain’t murried, on some “Iunno her like that” joint.
iCan’t with either one of em.
Oh, and Tiny looks slightly oompa-loompa like. Well, then again, TI looks like “Wayne Head”, the old cartoon w/ Damon Wayans as a kid, where he used to rock that tiny hat
@Luvvie,
“Iunno her like that”
LMAO! WTH is Tip waiting for? Do they give conjugal visits to inmates with “significant situations”? He’s an effing a*hole!
And they have the most funniest looking tribe of crumbsnatchers I ever did see.
@Me fail english?,
nope… even with a gang of crumbsnatchers, no conjugal vists for them. there was a debate on the local radio morning show as to whether or not Tiny should stay faithful or step out… seeing as how there are no conjugal visits. And it got HEATED.
I weep for Philadelphia radio. DAILY.
@Luvvie,
Why was I just watching Waynehead the other day? And why did it take me this long to realize he had that boot on the entire series?
@Double J,
Don’t go there. We SHALL NOT be reliving “The Posts That Shall Not Be Named.”
**shudders**
@blackberry molasses, Look as far Jay and Bey go, I dont want to live in a country where 4 0r 500 million dollars wont get me the booty I desire
@Blacklaw,
“get me the booty I desire”
you know, this was actually the original title of “coming to america” until arsenio convinced john landis to change it
@The Champ,
Lol. Smthg about that phrase sounded mighty Zamunda-ish to me too.
@Blacklaw,
I respect that logic. After 400 or 500 million, it’s not even prostitution anymore.
@charli skipper, look we all got some booty we cant bring around ppl at the job and i bet that booty wasnt no millionaire booty Im just sayin I shouldnt have to play on the same level as a “regular nookas” if I can by a jet with rims on it and still got money left over to take my girl to micky d’s and supersize that burger and put some gatdamn cheese on it
I never realized the serious age difference between Florida and James. I mean, I thought Esther might have been a lil’ older than him, but 18 years? Dayum!!!!
You ever notice that George and Weezy had a serious age difference as well? According to wiki Isabel Sanford was 21 years older than Sherman Helmsley. What gives??? lol
@miss t-lee,
well, since both of those were hit shows, maybe they’re on to something with that formula. maybe ced the entertainer should cast ruby dee as his wife the next time he pitches a pilot
@The Champ,
*snigggling loudly*
It could work!!
This may be a stretch, but I don’t see how whoever Kid’s dead mama in House Party could have procreated with Robin Harris to create him. It’s against some kind of genetic law or some geometric theorem or something. Boggles the mind.
@Naturally Alise,
She woulda had to have been the whitest of white women. Like straight up Nordic…lol
Then maybe, just maybe they coulda produced Kid.
@miss t-lee,
I think she had to be the female ‘powder’ for that to work.
@BlkBond,
*crying*
@BlkBond, Powder scares me. *shudders*
@BlkBond, LMAO!!!
@BlkBond, I choked on my gum and actually almost DIED! Eff your life!
@Naturally Alise, Hilarious.
“Officers of the goddamn law!”
I would list some stuff but I’ve seen so many real-life odd couples, I can’t really say anything is unbelievable. For instance, my model-looking, life long athlete male cousins are tall, fit handsome and one is an ivy league educated lawyer. I have yet to see either one date an attractive girl? And they’re not hoing around. They’re actually falling in love and getting married. That seems to be a theme for the men in my family. The more of a catch you are, the wacker your wife. Now onto my list…
-Tommy’s parents from the Rugrats. No woman with his mother’s hair would be able to procreate.
-Niles and Daphne. No. way.
-Zack Morris and Tori. She wasn’t even cute.
-The Dream and C. Milian. This is the umpteenth time I’ve brought this up n this blog. Cuz it really, really bothers me. Clearly he’s blackmailing her.
-Stevie J. and Whoopi’s daughter. Have yall seen the pics?
I know this isn’t in the spirit of the Champ’s list but…
…ya mutha!
@Me fail english?,
-Niles and Daphne. No. way.
you didnt think they worked? i thought they were perfect and sh*t
@The Champ,
“you didnt think they worked? i thought they were perfect and sh*t”
Me too. Cause he loved him some Daphne – even when she looked like Miss Piggy.
@The Champ, I liked Niles and Daphne. She was down too earth and it balanced how pretencious Niles was
@Me fail english?,
You’re overestimating Christina Milian’s draw. While she’s extremely attractive, her decade in the spot light has proven her to be 1. An opportunist, 2. Not overly bright or ambitious, 3. A woman who desires the spotlight and a certain lifestyle. A very unique combo that when combined gives you a dime who doesn’t really want to grind or be creative in her own career yet still needs to be relevant. Therefore she uses her dime pieceness to bag relevant dudes and somehow keep her name in the mags. If anything Dream could do better at this stage.
Elementary my dear English.
@Dorian G.,
You’ve spent a lotta time analyzing Christina Milian I see. This took a lotta thought. If only folks would put this much effort into figuring out why Lil Wayne refuses to bathe.
@Luvvie,
Luvs he explained that himself:
“I don’t even talk, I let the Visa speak”
I figured that’s his answer to pretty much any question when someone wants to lean on him.
@Dorian G.,
Yeah, you’re right about that. But couldn’t she get a brotha with a neck?
@Dorian G.,
we’re usually diametrically opposed, like batman and the joker or derrick rose and classrooms, but you’re making good points everywhere today.
@Dorian G.,
Oh dear, how clear it suddenly is… and more importantly how true.
“no, lets instead focus on the fact that john amos was 35 years old when the series began…and esther rolle was 53!!!! fifty f*cking three???”
See, this mess knocks my socks off. Usually this happens when the genders are switched: older man with younger woman yet they never make an issue of his age. Older women are usually deemed crusty in Hollyweird while older men are still hot.
“seriously, how the hell did omar find these dudes?”
In my very recent quest to consume as many The Wire DVD episodes as possible in a short time pan (seriously, I’m having the shakes right now. I’d watch ‘em at work if…well..this space too open), I’ve wondered this as well. Maybe it’s his mad “Farmer in the Dell” whistling skills?
The one couple that came to mind was one I actually loved together:
Claire and Heathcliff Huxtable.
They have so much chemistry and have the most fun together that I’ve ever seen a couple have (I mean, they bust out and role-play jazz tunes. What more can you ask for?). But, I can’t help but wonder what the gorgeous Spanish-speaking Claire sees in jello pudding pre-Coogi sweater wearin’ Heathcliff. Plus, his name is Heathcliff.
@Cheekie,
“But, I can’t help but wonder what the gorgeous Spanish-speaking Claire sees in jello pudding pre-Coogi sweater wearin’ Heathcliff. Plus, his name is Heathcliff.”
He’s an OB/Gyn. Need I say more?
@RedBeanzNRice, He’s an OB/Gyn. Need I say more
Yes….
@shay_d_lady,
More.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Well Im glad that’s settled
@RedBeanzNRice,
Oooh. Checkmate. And co-sign.
@Cheekie,
LMBAO @ “pre-Coogi”! I always wondered why she wouldn’t think to dress him. I know it was the 80s, but still…
@Cheekie,
Maybe it’s his mad “Farmer in the Dell” whistling skills?
who knows. i mean, i didnt even mention the fact that your life expectancy is shaved by 40% if you’re seen with this dude. still, his sawed-off brought all the boys to the yard
@The Champ,
Man there’s this gay club here in bmore called Hippo and I see nothing but cats that look like the boys Omar used to be with walking out from it. So I guess there’s enough of those type cats around
***Pause!!!! Its on the same block as Eden’s Lounge and Red Maple, two regular clubs (well as regular as bmore clubs can be)***
@Dorian G.,
“Man there’s this gay club here in bmore called Hippo and I see nothing but cats that look like the boys Omar used to be with walking out from it”
vsb.com: where people don’t know when to use their edit buttons
@Cheekie, lol. Pause on Cliff and Claire. They had great chemistry and had similar backgrounds. Remember they met as kids. He was a lil older and had great potential. I liked them =)
Malinda Williams and Darrin Henson from the TV version of Soul Food. After seeing TV ads for his video showing people how to dance ,it was difficult for me to picture him with any woman. I could be wrong, but something about him is very “how you doin’?”
@Voiceofreason, After seeing TV ads for his video showing people how to dance ,it was difficult for me to picture him with any woman
girl I thougt it was just me…everytime I see him I go
Aint no lie…bye bye by……LMAO
@shay_d_lady,
“everytime I see him I go Aint no lie…bye bye by”
HAHA! Me too!
@Voiceofreason,
he definitely pitches for the pink team
@The Champ,
Looks like a catcher to me…
Speaking of the Cosby Show upthread, what was a bacon burger dog? I think I want one.
@Naturally Alise,
OMG, I’ve been trying to figure that out for YEARS! I mean is it like a hotdog with hamburger meat and bacon on it?
And they never showed us what one looked like so it makes it all the more appealing. Much like Champ’s ridiculously bowed legs and pigeon-toed stance.
@Naturally Alise,
What a “great mystery of the world” question.
And it sounds like something that should be on thisiswhyyourefat.com.
@Cheekie,
Yep!! That site disturbs me.
@miss t-lee,
Same here. The first time I browsed that site, I almost quit food. Took me several hours to eat something without gagging. Ain’t nothing on that site appetizing.
@Cheekie,
Yeah it’s a mess…lol
I was so upset when conservative financial institituition (my J) decided to block it. BOOOO!!
On the real though, I was disturbed that some people are probably out there eating that ish on that daily.
@Naturally Alise,
Not gonna lie, my roommates and I got together, hypothesized on what it was, and made it. Take a hot dog [not one of the cheap ones, a good one LOL], wrap ground beef around it [works best if you form patties and then just wrap it around the hotdog] and wrap two slices of bacon around it [works best if you pre-cook the bacon a little bit]. Throw it on the grill, put it in a hot dog bun, add any other condiments you might want [chili, cheese, etc]. Yes, artery clogging in every way, but it was delicious.
@Tyrone,
*throws up*
@Cheekie,
*joins Cheekie**
dammit, there went 8 bucks worth of Shiroi Hana
@Tyrone,
This is so not the business.
“epson seasoned project coochie” I have READ it all. I am DONE!!!
@Yaa, yeah quietly quit him for that too, he will be receiving his quittage papers shortly.
Max & Kyle from Living Single. He was sooooooo gay!!!!
@Yaa,
Oh wow. This is one I didn’t even think of.
@Yaa,
Kyle wasn’t gay. He was just a misunderstood Iota *cackles*
@Luvvie,
“He was just a misunderstood Iota *cackles*”
Yeah, we misunderstood why he wouldn’t just come out of the damn closet.
@RedBeanzNRice, didnt know dude was an Iota
to each his own
@Blacklaw,
hey now… leave the Centaurs alone…
**removes snarky punchline– compassion chip just kicked on**
@blackberry molasses, hold up they symbol is mythical? not a real animal….um…..that’s cool (shruggin shoulders)
no diss
@Yaa,
Honestly Khadijah (or however the h*ll you spell it) and Scooter weren’t that great either.
Woo, woo, woo.
@Beez, 90% percent of the ppl queen latifah costar with she couldnt get
she aint ugly but I wouldnt claim her in the street just my thoughts
@Yaa,
I’ve just come to the discovery that most men who have managed to have an English accent while being born in the USA are indeed “zesty” or “how you doin” (James Earl Jones not included) examples Kyle,Tim Gunn, Paul Winfield, David Hyde Pierce and David Ogden Stiers (from MASH who I just found out(?) was gay).
@pinksghetti,
Tim Gunn never hid his gayness. He’s out and proud.
Speaking of Sherman Hemsley (this may have been mentioned earlier) but the couple who is also unlikely (although I love them as a couple) is George and Weezy Jefferson based on the fact of them being so much different in age (like the Evans’). Norman Lear created both shows, I smell conspiracy by the man. They were 21 years difference in age. Weezy may have been stacked but that won’t make up for the huge age gap (rhyme intended).
@pinksghetti,
“Norman Lear created both shows, I smell conspiracy by the man. ”
My dude says it’s a well known fact that Lear was a bigtime racist, and that he only created Good Times to perpetuate a stereotype.
When he did The Jeffersons, he made sure it didn’t get a lot of advertising, (like The Game) because it showed Black folks on the come up. That may explain the funky casting.
@RedBeanzNRice,
Oh wow, I was just making a joke but that sounds like it could be true about Mr. Lear especially how he was so quick to fire John Amos when he wanted more money.
Forgot to mention that although George looked the same age (he need more moisturizer or something). He must have been 32 and Weezy (Isabel Sanford)was like 53 when they started on the show.
@pinksghetti,
word
Good looks on Claire and Cliff.
I mean, Bill was a decent looking cat in his younger days, but as he got older, well Father Time wasn’t kind.
On the other hand, Claire was badder than bad. Fine, talented and she brought home the loot.
What about, Vanessa and Robert?
Or, Theo and Myra from Family Matters.
Matter of fact, Myra and Urkel.
And why was Laura Winslow considered hot? Looking back, that was a mistake.
Remember when Thelma from Good Times was dating Lou Gosset?
Crazy.
@Big Man,
I thought Theo and Justine made a cute couple. They were actually engaged in real life before she died.
But yeah, Myra and Urkel – that made zero sense. Thelma and Lou Gossett, Jr. had me weak! He looked older than James, but tryna come through gettin’ his freak on with Thelma – too much.
Then later, he played their uncle on the show. The hell kind of sick incest type stuff is that?
Speaking of the Wire, sexy as Wee Bey was I just don’t get why he’d stay with Dragon Lady. She was prolly fine back in the day, but damn if she aint give me nightmares in Season 4.
@Me fail english?,
a friend and i discussed this, and decided upon the fact that she looks like she gave fire-ass bj’s. plus, its not like their marriage stopped him from doing his thing. (btw, by “doing his thing” i mean “neglectfully murdering strippers”)
@The Champ,
real talk. She had some serious C.S.Ls mh mh mh smh
@WuDaMan,
Are CSL’s and DSL’s the same thing?
@miss t-lee,
mmmmm on occasion yes
@WuDaMan,
This made me think of C.S. Lewis and the Chronic(what)cles of Narnia
@ The Champ, No you didn’t w/ “the epson seasoned project coochie”
@ first I was like is he talking about printers. No! OH SH*T! He means EPSOM SALTS!
*attempted wall slide, but whearing velcro suit so sticks to cube world wall and dies dangling in air*
@WuDaMan,
“*attempted wall slide, but whearing velcro suit so sticks to cube world wall and dies dangling in air*”
I don’t know how you stay employed wearing velcro, but go on downstairs and get you some lunch, Bruh. It’s about that time, lol.
@RedBeanzNRice,
okay I attempted wall slid got collar caught on cube world wall clip and died
@WuDaMan,
Wu, you know you crazy, right?
See? That’s what you get for wearing collared shirts with velcro! One of them is gonna kill ya sooner or later. Have you learned nothing from Tim Gunn?
@WuDaMan,
“*attempted wall slide, but whearing velcro suit so sticks to cube world wall and dies dangling in air*”
Here lies Luvvie. She requested that yall wear you BEST jumpsuits to her funegro, with chanclatta K-Swisses
@WuDaMan,
“*attempted wall slide, but whearing velcro suit so sticks to cube world wall and dies dangling in air*”
*snort*
If we had avatars on here, this visual would be yours, Wu.
@WuDaMan,
In the name of gainful employment, I must now quit you.
*DEAD* @ your velcro cube suit
@WuDaMan,
@ first I was like is he talking about printers. No! OH SH*T! He means EPSOM SALTS!
LMAO! I was thinking the SAME thing! The Champ don’t know no better. He from PGH. Only folks from the south or folks that have been to the south long enough know about some Epsom salt. LOL! I expect better from Champie-bball.
@WuDaMan,
*attempted wall slide, but whearing velcro suit so sticks to cube world wall and dies dangling in air*
ijustdied.
james was getting that good backroom gotdamn from someone who could have been his f*cking grandmother. no wonder he couldn’t keep a job for longer than eight days. epson seasoned project coochie on the reg does that to you
******Choking on my Lunch********
Boy you a fool!
For the random post of the day, this is more proof that Jim Jones is the Beelzebub’s stepchild by marriage. If true, he must be referred to as “He Who Must Not Be Named” from now on.
http://www.backstagepazz.com/2009/05/jim-jones.html
@Luvvie,
iQuit you for wanton f*ckery and assinine foolishness… effective retroactively. Please give me back all Diva Dust ™ disepensations, post haste.
WARN people next time…
I need 10 showers to clense my soul of that.
@Luvvie,
Oh…my.
He fails at breathing.
@Luvvie,
She need to stop lying. I don’t believe for one second his crusty ass had 5 bills on him, much less was giving em away
I love amen!! I always thought that as a kid!