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- 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 ....
(audience laughing) (upbeat music) (upbeat jazzy music) - in the 1930s, segregation kept black audiences out of white theaters. in response to this, entertainers would perform on the chitlin circuit. - the chitlin circuit were clubs and theaters that were meant to only serve a black audience. there was music, there was comedy, there were shows of variety. but very few of these performers could break the color barrier to reach a larger audience. - comedy and music have always been release from stress in black culture. - chitlin circuit comedy was the outgrowth of the chattel slavery experience and the pain that we had gone through. and what did we have left? we could laugh, man. that s one thing you couldn t take. ....
- mom, i m black. oh, no, lord jesus! (audience laughing) (upbeat music) (upbeat jazzy music) - in the 1930s, segregation kept black audiences out of white theaters. in response to this, entertainers would perform on the chitlin circuit. - the chitlin circuit were clubs and theaters that were meant to only serve a black audience. there was music, there was comedy, there were shows of variety. but very few of these performers could break the color barrier to reach a larger audience. - comedy and music have always been release from stress in black culture. - chitlin circuit comedy was the outgrowth of the chattel slavery experience and the pain that we had gone through. and what did we have left? we could laugh, man. ....
(upbeat jazzy music) - in the 1930s, segregation kept black audiences out of white theaters. in response to this, entertainers would perform on the chitlin circuit. - the chitlin circuit were clubs and theaters that were meant to only serve a black audience. there was music, there was comedy, there were shows of variety. but very few of these performers could break the color barrier to reach a larger audience. - comedy and music have always been release from stress in black culture. - chitlin circuit comedy was the outgrowth of the chattel slavery experience and the pain that we had gone through. and what did we have left? we could laugh, man. that s one thing you couldn t take. - white audiences have been afraid of black comics, black comedy, because those comedians are truth tellers and sometimes you don t wanna hear the truth. - so what it meant was ....