Larry Wilmore's "Black Thoughts"

[macaroni tony]

You know, I hadn't heard of Larry Wilmore until he showed up on The Daily Show as the Senior Black Correspondent. I thought he was hilarious. Come to find out, he's had a hand in some of the funniest parts of my childhood.

I came across this article on him in the midst of poking some lighthearted fun at a friend of mine here on TB. The interview is entertaining and telling, but the video at the bottom of the page is priceless.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/...ating-bla.html

Race can be quite a divisive issue, but this guy has just about the same views as me when it comes to the matter. Namely, we all can get a tad ridiculous sometimes

What do y'all think of the guy? Of the video? Of the whatever???

[MJ5150]

Yeah, thanks. I came to TalkBass to get away from the limelight and live a quiet peaceful online existence. Thanks for blowing my cover, and then starting a thread about me.

-Mike

[Relic]

You know what? This video is just want I needed at the moment - great stuff! Thanks for posting that.

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Yeah, thanks. I came to TalkBass to get away from the limelight and live a quiet peaceful online existence. Thanks for blowing my cover, and then starting a thread about me.

-Mike

Hey, I'm a huge fan

Originally Posted by Relic

You know what? This video is just want I needed at the moment - great stuff! Thanks for posting that.

I'm glad you could appreciate it

[macaroni tony]

Wow. Guess I really suck at making "race threads"

[MJ5150]

No, you're fine. I sent a PM to everyone and told them not to post in this thread. Now you better stop too before I go all Officer Ziaukus on your behind.

-Larry

[Relic]

Originally Posted by macaroni tony

Wow. Guess I really suck at making "race threads"

Just have Doc Cheese post here. Dont matter what he says, just have him post "hello" or something and it'll be sure to pick up.

I'd predict 13 pages then a lock and 3 temp bannings.

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by Relic

Just have Doc Cheese post here. Dont matter what he says, just have him post "hello" or something and it'll be sure to pick up.

I'd predict 13 pages then a lock and 3 temp bannings.

Hey, you're right! Paging Dr Cheese....Dr Cheese, are you available?


Hey, three guys, 7 posts! That's pretty good...actually, no, that's just awful

[Relic]

This thread needs wimmenz.

I was watching South Park last night. It was the Facebook/Tron episode and (I think it was Cartman) was telling Stan something like "dude, you need more women friends on facebook. Everyone knows that one chick FB friend is worth like 4 guy FB friends.."

[sloasdaylight]

[Skitch it!]

I very much like his style, very relaxed and incisive with it, seems like one cool dude with a knowing edge, he gets it across real well, cool

[macaroni tony]

This guy was a writer on In Living Color back in the day....boy he sure knows how to make fun of his own people! He touched on a lot of poignant things in the video, but one of them that gave me quite the rollicking guffaw was when he spoke on the subject of having a black president.

Some people will say that, since we have a black president, racism in America is over. Well...I wouldn't quite go that far. After all, Obama is a very comfortable level of blackness. Now if Flava Flav was elected....

[Relic]

Originally Posted by macaroni tony

This guy was a writer on In Living Color back in the day....boy he sure knows how to make fun of his own people! He touched on a lot of poignant things in the video, but one of them that gave me quite the rollicking guffaw was when he spoke on the subject of having a black president.

Some people will say that, since we have a black president, racism in America is over. Well...I wouldn't quite go that far. After all, Obama is a very comfortable level of blackness. Now if Flava Flav was elected....

Yeah that one got me too.
He was then also saying something like "but hey, Flava Flav's an uncomfortable level of black for me too.." lol

This guy is really cool - very at ease with the topic & very real. I was totally unaware that he was a writer for In Living Color - they had a lot of very talented people on that show.

[sloasdaylight]

I only posted that picture cause you guys were talking about how bad this thread was. I thought the video and the article were both amusing.

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by Relic

Yeah that one got me too.
He was then also saying something like "but hey, Flava Flav's an uncomfortable level of black for me too.." lol

This guy is really cool - very at ease with the topic & very real. I was totally unaware that he was a writer for In Living Color - they had a lot of very talented people on that show.

Same here...I thought he was some underground guy that Jon Stewart gave a shot one day.

[Steve]

Everyone involved in The Daily Show is at the top of that game. LW is no exception.

Jews know funny, He's funny.


And yea, I'm Jewish so, I can say that.

[macaroni tony]

I always saw the guys on Stewart's crew as just his funny minions. I never knew Wilmore had such a massive part of my childhood.

What gets me, too, is how alike we think. I feel like we grew up together

[GregC]

Originally Posted by Relic

This guy is really cool - very at ease with the topic & very real. I was totally unaware that he was a writer for In Living Color - they had a lot of very talented people on that show.

Whoa, I didn't know this, either. I watched that a lot back in its heyday.

Wilmore's funny as hell on the Daily Show. I'll have to check out the video later.

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by GregC

Whoa, I didn't know this, either. I watched that a lot back in its heyday.

Wilmore's funny as hell on the Daily Show. I'll have to check out the video later.

You'll enjoy it

I imagined his parts on the Daily Show as Jon Stewart's ideas, but Wilmore's delivery. Turns out, it was pretty much Wilmore the whole time

[MJ5150]

So all y'all black folks measure your level of blackness? I never knew.

-Mike