missfee said:

bboy87 said:

What Coming To America series?!

"Black Pack"? Never heard of that term before

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

missfee said:

"Black Pack"? Never heard of that term before

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

Oh..well thats news to me.

missfee said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

Oh..well thats news to me.

Notice the wave of mid-late 80s comedies starring multiple members: Coming to America (Eddie/Arsenio - ghost written with Keenen who was to star instead of Arsenio), Hollywood Shuffle (Townsend/Wayans'/Mooney), Eddie Murphy RAW (written/produced/directed by Townsend and Keenen), Harlem Nights (Murphy/Arsenio), Five Heartbeats (Towsend/Wayans), ect, ect, ect.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

missfee said:

"Black Pack"? Never heard of that term before

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

Yeah I remembered a bit of that Pack all too well. Because that's usually who I saw on TV, actually the first folks I recognized on TV besides MJ, Prince, Madonna, George Michael and 'em. They reigned supreme during the late '80s through the early '90s.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

Yeah I remembered a bit of that Pack all too well. Because that's usually who I saw on TV, actually the first folks I recognized on TV besides MJ, Prince, Madonna, George Michael and 'em. They reigned supreme during the late '80s through the early '90s.

They should do a special on them as a unit. I lot of folks don't even know. Hell, people actually think Keenen and Arsenio hated each other.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

missfee said:

Oh..well thats news to me.

Notice the wave of mid-late 80s comedies starring multiple members: Coming to America (Eddie/Arsenio - ghost written with Keenen who was to star instead of Arsenio), Hollywood Shuffle (Townsend/Wayans'/Mooney), Eddie Murphy RAW (written/produced/directed by Townsend and Keenen), Harlem Nights (Murphy/Arsenio), Five Heartbeats (Towsend/Wayans), ect, ect, ect.

Yeah I get you, thinking back, I see that now.

missfee said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

"Black Pack" is not a term, but a group developed in the mid-80s that featured Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Keenen and Damon Wayans, Robert Townsend and Paul Mooney. Also Chris Rock.

Oh..well thats news to me.

Chris Rock was NOT a part of the Black Pack. Keenan put Rock in oneof his films when Rock was basically an unknown. By the Time Chris was "Chris Rock" the Black pack had become a nap sack.

Graycap23 said:

missfee said:

Oh..well thats news to me.

Chris Rock was NOT a part of the Black Pack. Keenan put Rock in oneof his films when Rock was basically an unknown. By the Time Chris was "Chris Rock" the Black pack had become a nap sack.

I found an interview that said he used to hang out with the Pack. I'll try and dig it up.

EDIT: Found it.

http://www.playboy.com/ar...index.html

[Edited 6/28/10 17:35pm]

Graycap23 said:

missfee said:

Oh..well thats news to me.

Chris Rock was NOT a part of the Black Pack. Keenan put Rock in oneof his films when Rock was basically an unknown. By the Time Chris was "Chris Rock" the Black pack had become a nap sack.

Chris was a freshman to their senior,but he basically came up under them. His first role was a small part in Beverly Hills Cop 2 and after that came I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. If he wasn't rollin with 'em like that, how else could he intimatley talk about how Eddie used to roll back then jeweled out with security and his entourage?

[Edited 6/28/10 17:39pm]

diamondpearl1 said:

Graycap23 said:

Chris Rock was NOT a part of the Black Pack. Keenan put Rock in oneof his films when Rock was basically an unknown. By the Time Chris was "Chris Rock" the Black pack had become a nap sack.

Chris was a freshman to their senior,but he basically came up under them. His first role was a small part in Beverly Hills Cop 2 and after that came I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. If he wasn't rollin with 'em like that, how else could he intimatley talk about how Eddie used to roll back then jeweled out with security and his entourage?

[Edited 6/28/10 17:39pm]

http://www.playboy.com/ar...index.html

Eddie discovered Chris in 1986 I belive, Eddie put him in an HBO special with other PAck members Arsenio and Townsend in 1987 called "Uptown Cpmedy Express."

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Graycap23 said:

Chris Rock was NOT a part of the Black Pack. Keenan put Rock in oneof his films when Rock was basically an unknown. By the Time Chris was "Chris Rock" the Black pack had become a nap sack.

I found an interview that said he used to hang out with the Pack. I'll try and dig it up.

EDIT: Found it.

http://www.playboy.com/ar...index.html

[Edited 6/28/10 17:35pm]

Chris was "around" as a lot of people were. The Black Pack" were the people with the money and the power. Those people were Keenan, Eddie, Robert Townsend and Arsenio.

Graycap23 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I found an interview that said he used to hang out with the Pack. I'll try and dig it up.

EDIT: Found it.

http://www.playboy.com/ar...index.html

[Edited 6/28/10 17:35pm]

Chris was "around" as a lot of people were. The Black Pack" were the people with the money and the power. Those people were Keenan, Eddie, Robert Townsend and Arsenio.

Yeah true.

So, who where exacly "The Black Pack" and who were the "flunkies" as I would call it, lol?

"The Black Pack"

Eddie Murphy

Robert Townsend

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Arsenio Hall

Mr. Paul Mooney

Damon Wayans

"Flunkie(s)

Chris Rock

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These are the only names I've seen under the Black Pack moniker besides Spike Lee and Richard Pryor and I doubt they were Pack members?

[Edited 6/29/10 20:45pm]