- you know what? that looks like fire! - comedy without black people would be like the nba without black players. (kevin screaming) - your biggest, biggest superstars in comedy have been black. (eddie yelling) - just genius and hilarious. - yeah, i said it. (audience cheering) - the chappelle show redefined sketch comedy. - i m rick james, bitch. (audience laughing) - in living color set up a platform for black comedians blowing up. - i don t think so. homie don t play that. (audience laughing) - arsenio hall was, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. it was groundbreaking. - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. - you had a black man willing to fight the power. - nice being out of jail. (audience laughing) - laughter is healing, laughter purifies the air. actually i don t like to talk about the races, because i m white. - and we, as black people, have been doing it forever. - i am, this is a freckle. (audience laughing) - all black comedians discuss race. - it s harder being gay than i
(audience laughing) - flip wilson was really huge. who didn t know geraldine? say, geraldine, is it true that blondes have more fun? - not in my neighborhood. (audience laughing) - and flip played the character so well that you thought geraldine really existed. - when that character came out, baby, the audience just went up. so before there was nutty professor, before there was shanaynay, there was geraldine, baby. - and one of flip s writers was a young richard pryor. and when he found his voice, he became the new king of comedy. (richard laughs) (audience laughing) - woo! (audience clapping)
when you go into training, what do you give up? (audience laughing) - flip wilson was really huge. who didn t know geraldine? say, geraldine, is it true that blondes have more fun? - not in my neighborhood. (audience laughing) - and flip played the character so well that you thought geraldine really existed. - when that character came out, baby, the audience just went up. so before there was nutty professor, before there was shanaynay, there was geraldine, baby. - and one of flip s writers was a young richard pryor. and when he found his voice, he became the new king of comedy. (richard laughs) (audience laughing) - woo! (audience clapping) in the middle of everything, there s everything to do. come on kids! listen to the lion s roar!
- not in my neighborhood. (audience laughing) - and flip played the character so well that you thought geraldine really existed. - when that character came out, baby, the audience just went up. so before there was nutty professor, before there was shanaynay, there was geraldine, baby. - and one of flip s writers was a young richard pryor. and when he found his voice, he became the new king of comedy. (richard laughs) (audience laughing) - woo! (audience clapping) welcome friends, to the middle of everything! friends that bike together. hike together! -with goats. -with goats! come on in. it s the middle things that count. you just can t beat this view,