SCNDLS said:

SCNDLS said:

Hershe said:

SCNDLS & missfee, that's gotta be two different men, right? One looks a little meaner than the other and the other actor (in Boomerang) played Miss Celie's Pa in The Color Purple. [Edited 12/17/10 9:24am]

Chile you could be right. I may be mixing up my nameless character actors. I'm older ya know.

Okay, Lloyd the Chemist in Boomerang is an actor named Leonard Jackson and (Hershe's right) he was Pa in Color Purple. Now, I gotta wait til Hoodlum comes on again to figure out who the ice cream store dude is cuz I won't be able to rest til I do.

[Edited 12/17/10 9:49am]

It's two different actors???? Okay from "Malcolm X"..the character that I'm speaking of was called "Baines" and the actor who played him was "Albert Hall". Shucks well smack me silly, I guess I stand corrected Hershe...but doggone it to me they look similar. My mistake.

Albert Hall

Leonard Wright

The picture won't show for Leonard.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:11am]

missfee said:

missfee said:

Albert Hall

Leonard Wright

The picture won't show for Leonard.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:11am]

Now, this the dude that was the mean judge on Ally McBeal

He also played Odell, Easy Rawlins' mild-mannered religious friend from Devil In The Blue Dress.

He & Joe Morton are masters when it comes to leaving lasting impressions, despite their constant short roles.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:25am]

Harlepolis said:

He also played Odell, Easy Rawlins' mild-mannered religious friend from Devil In The Blue Dress.

He & Joe Morton are masters when it comes to leaving lasting impressions, despite their constant short roles.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:25am]

Amen.

SCNDLS said:

missfee said:

Wasn't that the same dude who was in the movie "Malcolm X" saying "Why do you put that poison in your hair trying to be white???? LET IT BURN!!!!" and then Denzel says to him "n*g*a GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!!!" If my memory serves me correctly I believe it was.

Yeah, he's a character actor who's been in a lot of black films. You know his face but not his name. I just saw him the other day in Hoodlum. He was the dude that owned the ice cream shop and usually made Bumpy's "split" I LOVE that movie.

It's funny that Laurence Fishburne played Bumpy Johnson in two different movies almost 20 years apart. He was also Bumpy in Coppola's Cotton Club. They shoulda just had him play Bumpy in American Gangster to call it a trifecta. Instead they had Prince's Daddy, who was also in Hoodlum with Larry. Ol' Larry been around forever, he should have his own Six Degrees of Separation game.

Harlepolis said:

He also played Odell, Easy Rawlins' mild-mannered religious friend from Devil In The Blue Dress.

He & Joe Morton are masters when it comes to leaving lasting impressions, despite their constant short roles.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:25am]

I love that movie! Well, I loves me some Don Cheadle. I think he is just so talented. I like him better than Denzel. He was brilliant in TALK to Me!

Shyra said:

SCNDLS said:

Yeah, he's a character actor who's been in a lot of black films. You know his face but not his name. I just saw him the other day in Hoodlum. He was the dude that owned the ice cream shop and usually made Bumpy's "split" I LOVE that movie.

It's funny that Laurence Fishburne played Bumpy Johnson in two different movies almost 20 years apart. He was also Bumpy in Coppola's Cotton Club. They shoulda just had him play Bumpy in American Gangster to call it a trifecta. Instead they had Prince's Daddy, who was also in Hoodlum with Larry. Ol' Larry been around forever, he should have his own Six Degrees of Separation game.

William Clarence III aka Link from Mod Squad aka Prince's Daddy

Shyra said:

Harlepolis said:

He also played Odell, Easy Rawlins' mild-mannered religious friend from Devil In The Blue Dress.

He & Joe Morton are masters when it comes to leaving lasting impressions, despite their constant short roles.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:25am]

I love that movie! Well, I loves me some Don Cheadle. I think he is just so talented. I like him better than Denzel. He was brilliant in TALK to Me!

Yes, he was. That's another quotable movie.

I'm here to work in dis funky joint. And ain't no way in blue blazes I'm leaving til I gets whats mine. Right ON! So figure it out!

Hey suga. You know the drill, call ya man. Lemme aks you sumthin'? You ever had anybody eatcha pussy???

Gatdamn! Ya'll got some hospitality issues around this muthafucka!

SCNDLS said:

Shyra said:

William Clarence III aka Link from Mod Squad aka Prince's Daddy

Ohhhh! Well, since I've never seen Hoodlum, it didn't compute. I remember "Prince's daddy" in 52 Pickup with Vanity. He was a crazy mofo in that one, too.

Shyra said:

SCNDLS said:

William Clarence III aka Link from Mod Squad aka Prince's Daddy

Ohhhh! Well, since I've never seen Hoodlum, it didn't compute. I remember "Prince's daddy" in 52 Pickup with Vanity. He was a crazy mofo in that one, too.

William Clarence THEE 3rd is Hollywood's best kept secret. To me, he's the heir to Roscoe Lee Browne's legacy. A character's actor to the highest order and has a hypnotic quality that suck you in without so much of a word whenever he's on the screen. A talent can be developed but that shit is a GIFT.

He stopped me on my tracks in 'Ritual' with Denise Nicholas. Boy, what a mess of a movie everybody acted their asses off though, esp him & Denise.

PunkMistress said:

RenHoek said:

KatSkrizzle said:

PunkMistress said:

Hello, my American neighbors!

Ahhhh, fuck you!

YES! YES! Fuck you too!

My eyes...aren't really green!

I have a secret! I worship the devil!!!

THAT'S what I was thinking of!

ihateonions said:

Coming to America hands down.


Is there another scene funnier than Oha sanging "She's Your Queeeeen to-oo beeeee....."?

"Hey, it's Kunta Kinta!!"

"Girl I wanna put you on a plate and just sop you up with a biscuit!"

"That aint nuthin but a ultra perm."

"The girl dont want you...cant yo get that thru your greasy head?"

"In the face!!!!!!!!"

"And when I say he got his own money, he got his own money!!!!"

"I dont know whether to bow...I feel like breakdancin!"

"It helped Gilligaaaan get off the island!"

"Sexual Chocolate!!!!!"

"You ain't never met no Martin Luther the King!"

"Maaaaaaaaaaarcusssssssssssss"

2 of my all time favorite movies

"Hey Stu! Your rent's do motherfucka! And don't be pulling that falling down the stairs shit on me! You conscious? Shiiiiiit. "

The fart sound effect was just...

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SCNDLS said:

missfee said:

Albert Hall

Leonard Wright

The picture won't show for Leonard.

[Edited 12/17/10 10:11am]

Now, this the dude that was the mean judge on Ally McBeal

He also was the crooked cop, Swoop, on the take in my favorite made for tv movie of all time, The Sophisticated Gents. That movie had an all star black cast:

Rosalind Cash

Paul Winfield

Janet Dubois

Raymond St. Jaques

Alfree Woodard

Dick Anthony Wiiliams

Deniece Nicholas

Ron O'Neal

Melvin Van Peebles - Who adapted the book written by John L. Williams to TV

They need to get this movie on DVD pronto!

[Edited 12/17/10 22:44pm]

Abdul said:

SCNDLS said:

Now, this the dude that was the mean judge on Ally McBeal

He also was the crooked cop, Swoop, on the take in my favorite made for tv movie of all time, The Sophisticated Gents. That movie had an all star black cast:

Rosalind Cash

Paul Winfield

Janet Dubois

Raymond St. Jaques

Alfree Woodard

Dick Anthony Wiiliams

Deniece Nicholas

Ron O'Neal

Melvin Van Peebles - Who adapted the book written by John L. Williams to TV

They need to get this movie on DVD pronto!

[Edited 12/17/10 22:44pm]

I'm on pins & needles until it gets remastered to DVD. Loved it since I watched it in BET 5 years ago.

KatSkrizzle said:

ihateonions said:

Coming to America hands down. Is there another scene funnier than Oha sanging "She's Your Queeeeeeeeeeen to-oo beeeeeeeeeee....."?

"Bark like a dog...a big one!"

"Ohhhh I see you two are getting along wonderfully"!!!!

While the entire film is absolutely genius, I think my many of favorite lines come during the Sexual Chocolate bit.

Particularly - "Now you all remember him as Joe the Policeman from the What's Going Down episode of That's My Mama". Kills me.

Shyra said:

SCNDLS said:

William Clarence III aka Link from Mod Squad aka Prince's Daddy

Ohhhh! Well, since I've never seen Hoodlum, it didn't compute. I remember "Prince's daddy" in 52 Pickup with Vanity. He was a crazy mofo in that one, too.

And my dyslexic ass calling him William Clarence instead of Clarence Williams. Really wtf was I on???

Harlepolis said:

Shyra said:

Ohhhh! Well, since I've never seen Hoodlum, it didn't compute. I remember "Prince's daddy" in 52 Pickup with Vanity. He was a crazy mofo in that one, too.

William Clarence THEE 3rd is Hollywood's best kept secret. To me, he's the heir to Roscoe Lee Browne's legacy. A character's actor to the highest order and has a hypnotic quality that suck you in without so much of a word whenever he's on the screen. A talent can be developed but that shit is a GIFT.

He stopped me on my tracks in 'Ritual' with Denise Nicholas. Boy, what a mess of a movie everybody acted their asses off though, esp him & Denise.

You're right, he definitely commands the screen in any time he appears. Nobody plays cracky/crazy with such panache. Member Sugar Hill? Man, I LOVED him in Deep Cover. It seem him and Larry have an affinity for working together.

[Edited 12/18/10 8:35am]

PunkMistress said:

KatSkrizzle said:

PunkMistress said: I have a secret! I worship the devil!!!

THAT'S what I was thinking of!

Of course that line was delivered by Vanity's sister who was dating Eddie at the time.

My vote goes to Coming To America.

Definitely Harlem Nights, awesome funny cast!