- 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
- we re gonna turn the questioning over to the soul train gang, marvin, okay? - what else do you like to do besides singing at your spare time? - well, i enjoy, i like fooling around. (audience laughing) - one reason soul train succeeded 15 years after the nat king cole show is because they found a sponsor to take it national. - that was for us, by us and we loved it. - let s welcome them warmly, gladys & the pips, mr. barry white, sly and the family stone, curtis mayfield, aretha franklin. - don cornelius was an icon. this man changed the game. when i was growing up, you did not miss soul train. i mean, that was a part of my youth. - it was the regularly scheduled national platform for black culture. someone does popping on soul train in 1971 and people are tryin popping in the schoolyard two hours later. it was a kind of universal black experience. - back in the 80s, which i ll never forget,
(audience laughing) - one reason soul train succeeded 15 years after the nat king cole show is because they found a sponsor to take it national. - that was for us, by us and we loved it. - let s welcome them warmly, gladys & the pips, mr. barry white, sly and the family stone, curtis mayfield, aretha franklin. - don cornelius was an icon. this man changed the game. when i was growing up, you did not miss soul train. i mean, that was a part of my youth. - it was the regularly scheduled national platform for black culture. someone does popping on soul train in 1971 and people are tryin popping in the schoolyard two hours later. it was a kind of universal black experience. - back in the 80s, which i ll never forget, i was a soul train dancer. oh, my god, that was such a huge deal. to go to the set was just mind blowing. and then here walks out don cornelius with his afro.
that there s joy in black culture. - we re gonna turn the questioning over to the soul train gang, marvin, okay? - what else do you like to do besides singing at your spare time? - well, i enjoy, i like fooling around. (audience laughing) - one reason soul train succeeded 15 years after the nat king cole show is because they found a sponsor to take it national. - that was for us, by us and we loved it. - let s welcome them warmly, gladys & the pips, mr. barry white, sly and the family stone, curtis mayfield, aretha franklin. - don cornelius was an icon. this man changed the game. when i was growing up, you did not miss soul train. i mean, that was a part of my youth. - it was the regularly scheduled national platform for black culture. someone does popping on soul train in 1971 and people are tryin popping in the schoolyard two hours later. it was a kind of universal black experience.