Posted on 02/24/2011 10:47:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
2002s Undercover Brother looked primed to make comic and consummate scene-stealer Eddie Griffin a bona fide movie star. The film was a commercial and critical success, but the expected sequels have not been forthcoming and Griffin has spent the ensuing years alternating between stand-up comedy and small but memorable roles in flashy fare like Norbit. Griffin is no stranger to bit parts: He made his film debut as Gas Station Attendent in manager/mentor Andrew Dice Clays concert film Dice Rules before playing characters like Ventriloquist in The Five Heartbeats, Messenger in Brain Donors and, of course, Guest at Kids Bachelor Party in House Party 3. From 1996 to 2000, Griffin co-starred opposite Malcolm Jamal-Warner in Malcolm & Eddie (a sitcom that was mercilessly mocked in the web series that inspired Undercover Brother.) Griffin recently released a DVD of his latest stand-up special, Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell Em I Said It. (Griffin appears at Jokerz for a run of shows that begins March 3.)
Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell Em I Said It (2011)
The A.V. Club: How do you think youve evolved as a stand-up over the last 20 years or so?
Eddie Griffin: Lets see, its gotten wittier, its gotten smarter, and the subject matter has gotten grittier.
AVC: What do you mean by grittier?
EG: Im taking more chances, daring to say what people think.
AVC: What kind of things do you think people think but are afraid to say for whatever reason?
EG: I think men are afraid to say that they would love to have Michelle Obama in their bed, but they think it.
AVC: Why would they be afraid to say that?
EG: You know, Secret Service showing up at your house, sh*t like that.....
(Excerpt) Read more at avclub.com ...
I’d go to he’ll before I have Obama’s wife in my bed.Speaking of hell,where is the nearest volcano I can jump into?
Id go to hell before I have Obamas wife in my bed.Speaking of hell,where is the nearest volcano I can jump into?
What a creep. Is this really his idea of comedy? No wonder I’ve never heard of him.
Everytime I see that picture I think “did she sleep in that dress?”
Does she own an iron?
Men... no... male wookies... yes.
LLS
So many beautiful women... only one pair of lips... what to do... what to do?
LLS
Some headlines you just can’t “unread”.
I suspect most men would ‘Lorena Bobbit’ themselves first...
I would like to have MOOCHelle (and her effiminate husband, nobama) in JAIL. Bed?...not so much.
lol...
That big too.
I think many at FR are unreasonably harsh on Michelle Obama, but if my thoughts strayed with respect to any woman in politics, it would be in the direction of the next president of the United States and not toward the nearly average wife of a far below average former US Senator.
He was probably watching Fatal Beauty at the time.
I liked Whoopie before she became more lib than funny, but I have to say Sam Elliott deserves an Oscar for pretending to be warm for her form in that movie.
Eddie Griffin? Does he walk about with a red-tipped cane?
There are not enough bags at Wal*Mart...
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