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The 9 Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes to Watch on Turkey Day
Celebrate thanksgiving by hiding from your family and watching these fictional families enjoy turkey day!
11.25.2020
Celebrating Thanksgiving usually entails a day of eating, answering uncomfortable questions from your family about your career and romantic life, hearing about your grandma's bunion surgery, and, if you're lucky, a well-earned doze in front of the TV. This year, given the social distancing guidelines, you may bypass the family time and go straight to the couch.
Regardless of your plans for Turkey Day, when that second helping of turkey starts to settle in your belly and your eyelids start to feel heavy, it's time to shove your cousin (or cat) over on the couch, settle in, and turn on one of these classic Thanksgiving-themed episodes.
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“The One With the Rumor,” Friends
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTcyNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYwOTg1MDUwM30.HQbIHMBhvTWbQXJfVjNNEdyF2dDzBgalqgLZBCxKPDs/img.jpg?width=980" id="5630d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="43c434173d17f82544480a47c4a8fb30" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Friends Thanksgiving episode" />Friends<p><strong>Season 8 Epsiode 9</strong></p><p>This iconic episode guest stars Brad Pitt (then married to Jennifer Aniston) as Rachel's former classmate who was still bitter about being an ignored and overweight teenager who co-founded the "I Hate Rachel Green Club" with Ross back in high school.</p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Parents," New Girl
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTc2Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODI3MjI1NH0.oNG7ZNehomcjG8q5GShlB4QGnaMwQIIZOjLuU-uOVGk/img.jpg?width=980" id="9e04b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a6c4d706bbef84d1987a5fc8d320368a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="New Girl Thanksgiving" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8</strong></p><p>This is an adorable and realistic depiction of the family drama that inevitably comes with Thanksgiving. Here, Jess tries to reunite her divorced parents and, obviously, chaos ensues. </p><p><strong>Where to watch: </strong>Netflix</p>"Homo for the Holidays," Will and Grace
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTgzNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTMyNjA2OH0.K_t3o1VI9Uu5vD24GR6RYbfFKkgpU2Xqt53G5_0NRF0/img.jpg?width=980" id="6b500" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="73c6dc0fde532b5293d958e38fd88e09" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Will And Grace Thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7</strong></p><p>This episode centers on Jack trying to come out to his mother over Thanksgiving dinner. It's as messy and hilarious as it is touching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>"Slapsgiving," How I Met Your Mother
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNTk1Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMTk2NzAwOH0.M1_L9ywWjrMCAUxURvr9FvXu1jaiL5PGEnvztptXHHY/img.jpg?width=980" id="b2791" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23b9b895b1bd6b28b27a8e8d14ebd992" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="How I Met Your Mother Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 3 Episode 9</strong></p><p>HIMYM is all about running jokes, and this episode is full of them. The gang is going through a time of transition, since Ted and Robin just broke up and Lilly and Marshall were recently married, and things get rocky (and hilarious) as a result. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Turkey In a Can," Bob's Burgers
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjA2MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM1MjU5N30.5zhyqTD_xtyocyGKNe3J14VYwYM_YV6_EdZB4b42VGc/img.gif?width=980" id="bc662" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99ddebe8711e7cde94576da02d51e1f4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Bob's Burgers Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 6</strong></p><p>The plot of this episode revolves around a turkey ending up in a toilet. That's it. Its fantastic. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"A Lilith Thanksgiving," Frasier
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjE5My9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMTIxMDc0N30.MYlpMkpq7GwzX_yYEceAipyPv8cQC8MNR0jyzwP3jPM/img.jpg?width=980" id="34cd3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f3c950fa81fe24a4abfb08f8320d3f2e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Thanksgiving Frasier" /><p><strong>Season 4 Episode 7</strong></p><p>One of the few <em>Frasier </em>episodes that takes place in Boston, this episode sees Frasier and his ex-wife vying to get their son into a prestigious school, while Frasier's dad tries to teach his grandson to play baseball. There are also some fantastic Niles cooking mishaps that make the episode worth watching. </p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"Lockdown," Brooklyn Nine-Nine
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIxNC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTM4MDU0Nn0.ZHzj8bYLjSEvNWhQIpLC82kZOxPD0MJxMFqG6X5Apq0/img.jpg?width=980" id="154e1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a2da54f625cc5508fc4b6abceadae0b5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Brooklyn nine nine thanksgiving episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 7 </strong></p><p>There are several great Thanksgiving episodes of <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine,</em> but this one, in which the squad gets locked inside the station due to an anthrax scare, takes the cake.</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Hulu</p>"Thanksgiving," Master of None
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIyNy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODMzODY4NH0.P6Ttnfk2Zu0ViTUFLc-La5pUDyLUMA8Aba6G6IRlqAU/img.jpg?width=980" id="8a36b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c247d8edbc6c937a360e1a087ab2df5f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Master of None Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 2 Episode 8 </strong></p><p>This episode hits all the heart strings in all the right ways. It shows family Thanksgivings over the course of 30 years and tells the moving story of Dez's bestfriend coming out to her mom. </p><p><strong>Where the watch:</strong> Netflix</p>"WUPHF.com," The Office
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNjIzOS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTk1NDc0Nn0.YIyfcAsAgJJUQvFeQFw-d9HAZYdStj7Lodm-UxUz_FY/img.gif?width=980" id="0a047" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="59e7c43a63ff3b54811a903eb6a3cb8f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="The Office Thanksgiving Episode" /><p><strong>Season 7 Episode 9</strong></p><p>In this episode, Dwight decides that a hay festival is just what everyone needs to get them in the holiday spirit. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to scam his coworkers out of a lot of money. Good stuff!</p><p><strong>Where to watch:</strong> Netflix</p>From Your Site Articles
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The Worst COVID Inspired Media Made So Far
These tone deaf creations missed the ball completely
11.21.2020
Johns Hopkins recently discovered that the COVID-19 pandemic currently "kills an American every 107 seconds."
But as the virus enters this brutal second wave, some creatives are already moving to profit off the latest American tragedy. It remains to be seen whether Grey's Anatomy and This Is Us will strike the right tone while implementing the pandemic into their scripts, but from blockbuster movies to stand alone TV shows, a lot of people are creating COVID content from scratch.
<p>So far, all of it has been...bad. Here is the worst COVID content to come out so far.</p>
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Songbird
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9336b0736ef357120a23b0c3dedef209"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gXlOSEafzhY?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The issues with <em>Songbird</em> should come as no surprise to anyone. The backlash came down like a hammer once Michael Bay debuted the trailer for the political thriller over the summer.</p><p>COVID-19 has mutated to COVID-23, and now it attacks your brain, asthe U.S. remains in its fourth year of lockdown. The Department of Sanitation is the film's antagonists, as they're seen in the tone-deaf trailer kicking down doors and kidnapping infected Americans and sending them to government authorized "Quarantine Camps." They're led by some long-haired creepy doctor who for some reason doesn't wear a mask. </p><p>The film has been dismissed as being "<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/10/29/michael-bay-songbird-movie-trailer-receives-backlash/6073718002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">completely out of touch</a>" due to its massive scientific inaccuracies and overall timing. Many have gone as far as to accuse Michael Bay of trying to directly make a profit off this brutal pandemic.</p>Love In The Time of Corona
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d2c2e46c44be7c847044391fb3d11544"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_nXLtffF0w?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The premise of a quarantine love story should also come as a surprise to no one, as the pandemic has all but erased casual dating for the foreseeable future and significantly <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-has-created-a-sex-boom-but-maybe-not-a-baby-boom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">strengthened the sex life </a>of many couples stuck at home together. </p><p>But the problem with <em>Love in the Time of Corona</em> and COVID-related love stories in general is that we're still very much living through it, and the Freeform miniseries offers insufferably surface-level characters and cliche quarantine anecdotes as a result. </p><p>The series is also only four episodes long, making for a story that lacks the depth that is required when discussing relationships during a pandemic. The concept of a series filmed in quarantine is cool, but I found myself far more invested in the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/entertainment/love-in-the-time-of-corona-episode-2/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">behind the scenes camera robots</a> than I am in these weak caricatures.</p>Connecting...
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2c91415b8b202a091af443cc25ffd673"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1N5xE0YojKE?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Filmed entirely through a zoom group chat, this on-the-nose ensemble comedy is insufferable from the format alone. Who asked for a show like this? </p><p>Zoom calls will forever live in infamy and have led to some of <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the most uncomfortable exchanges in human history</a>. In that respect, it clearly is the least appealing setting for a full-fledged sitcom. The stories exchanged are one dimensional and bland, and the jokes are monotonous. </p>Untitled Adam McKay Project
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDc5Nzk1My9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTE3NDQxM30.X1XgX7GWNcyx5c9yq9jhwtOcT_wKK7fzen4pHC8qgPQ/img.jpg?width=980" id="58512" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="765dfe7b3a49fc5e6b90d7251ea91c63" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Adam McKay project" /><p><em>Successions</em>' Adam McKay recently announced that he is already working on<a href="https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/adam-mckay-coronavirus-vaccine-tv-show-hbo.html" target="_blank"> a scripted drama for HBO</a> surrounding the "race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19"– a race that isn't even remotely close to over yet. The series will adapt a not even released nonfiction book, <em>The First Shot</em> by Brendan Borell, which he's said is about "the global coronavirus vaccine race" and "the companies that are risking it all to win it."</p>At a time when <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/09/17/u-s-public-now-divided-over-whether-to-get-covid-19-vaccine/" target="_blank">many Americans aren't even comfortable with taking a vaccine</a>, this idea seems half-baked at best and almost destined to miss.Hold Up
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="00c8ac8ec465ad5b000b347c7f2b142b"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YzCpw5N5j-A?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The most problematic COVID content to be released so far, this controversial French documentary plays into one of the leading conspiracy theories surrounding the virus: that the French government lied about COVID-19's severity in order to control the public. </p><p>The documentary interviews members of the public, as well as former health minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, who later distanced himself from the project. The film has been reviewed and <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2020/11/12/covid-19-les-contre-verites-de-hold-up-le-documentaire-a-succes-qui-pretend-devoiler-la-face-cachee-de-l-epidemie_6059526_4355770.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">debunked by fact-checkers</a>: "<em>Hold Up</em> takes the well-known inconsistencies of the global response to the virus–such as when the French government initially provided conflicting information surrounding the use of masks–and uses them to propel volatile narratives and, at times, lies."</p>Coastal Elites
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cb61a304897766250d0eadd32aa4b005"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-PPxOYC_kgI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><em>Coastal Elites</em> is another tone-deaf lighthearted satire. How Jay Roach snagged such an amazing cast is shocking considering how naive the final product is. Starring Bette Midler, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever, and Sarah Paulson, these five lifeless characters live in either New York or Los Angeles amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. </p><p>Together, they're meant to portray the various problematic shades of liberalism. The film was released a mere two weeks before the election, a stretch of time that will surely be remembered as one of the most stressful times in recent American history. </p><p>The film is satire at a time when satirizing our collective grief<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/dangerous-naivete-hbos-coastal-elites/616315/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> borders on emotionally dismissive.</a> There are jokes made about how dumb Ivanka Trump is, about the notoriety of red MAGA hats, and about COVID. </p><p> <br>The intention of<em> Coastal Elites</em> is no doubt to "lighten the mood" and showcase how silly our division is. But released at the tensest moment in American history, telling Americans to calm down is the last thing <em>Coastal Elites</em> should have said.<br></p>
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11 Most Memorable "Chappelle's Show" Sketches
It's time to revisit some classics.
11.02.2020
On November 1, Netflix added all three seasons of Dave Chappelle's groundbreaking sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show.
The show debuted on Comedy Central on January 22, 2003. It would go on to become a critically acclaimed success and pop culture phenomenon, and it etched Chappelle's name in stone in the pantheon of comedy legends, along with the likes of Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and Eddie Murphy. Chappelle would use his platform to highlight racial disparities between Black people and other races with edgy and absurd humor. Here is a list of some of the most memorable Chappelle's Show sketches.
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Clayton Bigsby
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="363566ca1d0f3cbc7545eeaf46c49598"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLNDqxrUUwQ?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>This sketch featured on the debut episode of <em>Chappelle's Show </em>and set the tone for the outlandish and controversial jokes that made the show infamous. Clayton Bigsby, played by Chappelle, was a blind Black White Supremacist. The added hilarity comes in the form of Bigsby himself being unaware that he is the very thing he hates... a Black person. </p>Tyrone Biggums
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dc90263d205d7a91b5d84457520fad07"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4eHMgXlugIU?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The character Tyrone Biggums would be recurring throughout <em>Chappelle's Show</em>'s tenure. Biggums was a drug addict with a heart of gold, but his addiction to crack cocaine makes him a danger to society and himself. His first appearance was the Drug Awareness Day sketch. </p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --> <div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-813"><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="9626795938"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></div> <!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --></p>The Mad Real World
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ca428743821cfc9bf2dcd82a28eda3b4"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4aGWkc_IDuk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The Mad Real World was a hilarious take on MTV's reality series, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103520/" target="_blank">The Real World</a>. </em>But instead of a group of eclectic well-meaning strangers living together, it was a jailhouse environment wherein one of the roommates is the constant recipient of psychological, physical, and emotional abuse from his other roommates. </p>Fisticuff
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5d583ba662a5eeb96dbef4f63390efa2"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LVzxZcB31Jg?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1265067/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">50 Cent</a> was the most popular rapper at the time of <em>Chappelle's Show </em>launch. Part of his allure was the story of the Queens MC surviving nine gunshot wounds. Chappelle would use this as inspiration to introduce the world to Fisticuff, a rapper who lost hearing in one of his ears because of a gunshot. The idea of a rapper being deaf in one ear is Chappelle taking the already unbelievable and taking it to another level.</p>The Racial Draft
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4c11861909e7fba973831fd5e6f4114c"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2z3wUD3AZg4?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The differences between Black people and other races have always been a prominent theme in Chappelle's comedy. The Racial Draft played up the concept of a race being able to lay claim to a celebrity who exemplified them. The draft saw <a href="https://tigerwoods.com/" target="_blank">Tiger Woods</a> (Chappelle) drafted by the Black community and<a href="https://wutangclan.net/" target="_blank"> The Wu-Tang Clan</a> by the Asian community. Guest appearances included <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080049/" target="_blank">Yasiin Bey</a> (at the time known as Mos Def), <a href="https://billburr.com/" target="_blank">Bill Burr</a>, and RZA and GZA from The Wu-Tang Clan.</p>Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories: Rick James
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="80e722d277e827875a92570c22575608"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ry2XlLKctiI?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The chain of events that were inspired by this episode is a testament to how iconic <em>Chappelle's Show </em>had become. This episode was a recount of Eddie Murphy's older brother and cast member <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/entertainment/charlie-murphy-dead/index.html" target="_blank">the late Charlie Murphy</a>'s friendship with the talented yet unstable singer <a href="https://www.biography.com/musician/rick-james" target="_blank">Rick James</a>.</p><p>Not only did this episode give birth to some of the most memorable catchphrases in television history, but it brought Charlie out of the shadow of his megastar brother. It also served as a resurgence of sorts for James, as the sketch would make him the most relevant he had been in years. James would pass away in 2004.</p>The Hater's Ball
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3062c73b3eb14b1939c6322ad638b594"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fKIwj1TQmFs?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The Hater's Ball is a gathering of the most hated and hate-filled pimps in the world. They hold a ceremony annually to honor and antagonize the best of the worst. This sketch featured<a href="https://www.npr.org/2011/04/27/135771115/ice-t-from-cop-killer-to-law-order" target="_blank"> rap legend-turned-actor Ice-T</a> and the late<a href="https://patriceoneal.com/" target="_blank"> Patrice O'Neal.</a></p>The World Series of Dice
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f323f0a89088b8306da531c9a425f390"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kB5XXn0eKow?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Chappelle's propensity to showcase everyday Blackness as somewhat of an extreme sport is a blueprint that a lot of comedians try to emulate to this day. The World Series of Dice gathered the greatest dice players on the planet in an attempt to crown a king. Some would argue there are more memorable sketches, but this sketch was the introduction of Ashy Larry, played by<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712603/" target="_blank"> Donnell Rawlings</a>. </p>Making The Band
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2c97276fa7fe0b6de3c6c4bea1c998d8"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7JjLd3MufCE?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>The "Making The Band" sketch was another rip on a popular MTV reality series with the same name. <a href="https://www.biography.com/musician/sean-puffy-combs" target="_blank">Sean "Diddy" Combs h</a>andpicked a group of singers and rappers to become the next superstar act on his Bad Boy label.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348963/?ref_=tt_sims_tt" target="_blank">Making The Band 2</a> </em>saw the groupmates engage in weekly scraps with one another, as well as being subjected to Diddy's wrath in the form of shutting down the recording studio or making the group walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn for a slice of cheesecake.Chappelle would play Combs and Da Band member Dylan, who labels himself as the top five greatest rappers of all time. </p>The Wayne Brady Show
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3f5313d8b45f543e9ae4c33461608e58"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X-zSJljpKNc?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Dave's frustration with his newfound fame got him to the point of quitting his show.....for one whole episode. Taking his place would be the presumably squeaky clean <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103750/" target="_blank">Wayne Brady</a>. Dave took a lighthearted jab at Brady's likability in a previous episode, but this sketch revealed Wayne's dark side, as he makes Dave an accomplice on a joy ride to hell.</p>Honorable Mention:Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories: Prince
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="175f4fd06ea0a7111b2a136dab7d87f1"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ff8LEx9Mw54?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Charlie Murphy's Rick James story was one of the highlights of <em>Chappelle's Show</em>'s second season. Dave would follow up with Charlie Murphy's Hollywood story about the time he played basketball against <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prince-singer-and-songwriter" target="_blank">Prince</a>.</p><p>One of the great things about Charlie's stories is when viewers can't know what's real and what's fake. Charlie recalls not only Prince being amazing at basketball but also making pancakes after Prince and his team walked away with the win.</p>
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Most Iconic Films And TV Set in the States Deciding the 2020 Election
What goes on in Pennsylvania? Nevada? Georgia? Arizona? North Carolina? Slow counting, yes, but also some iconic cinema.
11.05.2020
I like to imagine myself as a member of the United States of New York City. In this world, AOC is President, Governor Andrew Cuomo is arguing with his brother Chris Cuomo on live television, and there is a bodega in the middle of Fifth Avenue where Trump Tower currently stands.
Unfortunately, this is not the case, but New York City is pretty great as is. But like any typical New Yorker, I am sometimes admittedly prone to tunnel vision. Thus, my peeks into life everywhere else in the United States are usually through the screen. Most days, it's television and movies.
<p>There's no hope, really, for getting my mind off the five states which will decide the 2020 election. But beyond refreshing the ballot count pages until my eyes burn, there's not much I can do but wait.</p><p>In hopes of inspiring fonder feelings for Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada, I'm turning back to the less anxiety-inducing source of information: Hollywood. Whatever's actually going on in the ballot counting rooms, I want to imagine Angela Bassett or Angela Chase are the ones casting the votes, counting the absentee slips, fixing any pipe that bursts.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>Here are the most iconic films and television shows set in the states on everyone's mind.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY4Njg1Ni9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODEwNjAyNH0.cJ42doBUfuKGoDSZgBlKuz5Nxm8cUdCrdUO3xD51Xuk/img.png?width=980" id="83e72" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b59e3793ac357fc17511718923660710" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Waiting to Exhale ">
</p><p><strong>ARIZONA: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114885/" target="_blank">Waiting to Exhale</a> (1995)</strong></p><p>Let's set the scene. Imagine you're a suburban housewife, living in the desert of Scottsdale, Arizona. You have a big house, a closet full of luxury clothing, beautiful children, and, in the garage, a shiny expensive car. This is the dream. Until you find out your husband is cheating on you.</p><p>Good thing you're <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&bih=728&biw=1440&hl=en&q=Angela+Bassett&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MC7LqzRXAjONskoMs7V4fPPLMlND8h2TS_KLFrHyOealp-YkKjglFhenlpTsYGUEAG_xtAM6AAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjg0MDgr-zsAhXQnuAKHeJ5CJwQxA0wOHoECC4QBQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angela Bassett</a>. Cigarette in hand, you pull your husband's clothes from the hangers and pile them into the car. You drive it outside, get out, and, in one of the most iconic scenes in broken-hearted-cinema, set the car on fire.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>This scene is emblematic of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&bih=728&biw=1440&hl=en&q=Forest+Whitaker&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LUz9U3MC7LqzRXAjONKuONKrXEspOt9NMyc3LBhFVKZlFqckl-0SJWfrf8otTiEoXwjMySxOzUoh2sjAAGssueRQAAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjg0MDgr-zsAhXQnuAKHeJ5CJwQmxMoATA0egQIKhAD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forest Whitaker</a>'s <em>Waiting to Exhale</em>. Based on a novel of the same name, the film follows the life of four Black women living in Arizona. It's about romance, it's about betrayal, it's about friendship, and the kind of women I like to believe are responsible for turning Arizona blue for the first time since 1996.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY4Njg1Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMjkyMjQzMH0.IkgO5qiKPowcbCahAQ3BTwCVusZJXxH6mTPmAQEzOR4/img.jpg?width=980" id="87510" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fab59e6135be06d310b1a87bee724777" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="American Horror Story ">
</p><p><strong>NORTH CAROLINA: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Roanoke" target="_blank">American Horror Story: Roanoke</a></strong><strong> (2016)</strong><br></p><p>Fitting — it's a horror show.</p><p>Two things that have been dragged out far longer than necessary: this election and <em>American Horror Story</em>. The Roanoke season is the sixth installment of the anthology series.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent11 - mid_content --></p><p>It is centered around the mythology of the 1580s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/Roanoke-lost-colony.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roanoke Colony disappearances</a>, following a cast of actors reenacting the disappearance for a documentary. Predictably, this documentary is doomed to go awry. Less predictable: the current fate of North Carolina.</p><p>Recurring characters include:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Paulson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarah Paulson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Peters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Evan Peters</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kathy Bates</a>, and, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Rabe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lily Rabe</a>, of course, Miss <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&bih=728&biw=1440&hl=en&q=Angela+Bassett&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MC7LqzRXAjONskoMs7V4fPPLMlND8h2TS_KLFrHyOealp-YkKjglFhenlpTsYGUEAG_xtAM6AAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjg0MDgr-zsAhXQnuAKHeJ5CJwQxA0wOHoECC4QBQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angela Bassett</a>.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY4Njg1OC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MzkyOTgwN30.sdpQaDq39Nelrtl8B7_vr6ju-hJyHP3EXBOAI4W6fXg/img.jpg?width=980" id="1ab5d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="20d9eed887fcac1f2425352ec968cbc3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="My So Called Life ">
</p><p><strong>PENNSYLVANIA: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_So-Called_Life" target="_blank">My So-Called Life</a></strong><strong> (1994)</strong><br></p><p>"Fooled me once can't get fooled again," says the voice of George Bush from <a href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020917-7.html#:~:text=There's%20an%20old%20saying%20in,%2C%20denied%2C%20deceived%20the%20world." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a 2002 botched speech</a> that plays on repeat inside my head as I look suspiciously at Pennsylvania, AKA the site of our collective 2016 trauma.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>It's also the site of one of the best high school television series of all time: <em>My So Called Life</em>. The '90s did it better, didn't they? This 1994 one-season series followed Claire Danes as high school freshman Angela Chase, as she tried to figure out something maybe more excruciating than this election: high school.</p><p>Though I modelled my own high school personality after the turbulent, ever-cool <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&bih=679&biw=1050&hl=en&q=A.+J.+Langer&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MDZIyrBQgjCNjcwMtDhDwkLyHZNL8osWsfI46il46Sn4JOalpxbtYGUEAAu_OQk1AAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjh87jrtOzsAhVognIEHZDyCnIQxA0wMHoECCYQCw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rayanne Graff</a>, I'm definitely more Angela Chase, longing after long haired boys and lying on my bed in fits of angst to the tune of The Cranberries.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
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<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY4Njg2MC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzgwMzM5MX0.SRU5bqLCP1itHIWN5BMjB0IvQmqdPA4Obet7JZluK0E/img.jpg?width=980" id="440af" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9b3d0d93689041afe1009c4dddcb4ee6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Forrest Gump ">
</p><p><strong>GEORGIA: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forrest Gump</a> (1994)</strong><br></p><p>Though I wouldn't take Forrest Gump's word for much, I like to believe the warm feeling you get when watching it says something good about Georgia. Considering it's about a war veteran who loses the love of his life to disease , I like to think Forrest would have voted blue. Probably a Bernie man, if I had to call it.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY4Njg2My9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MDcyOTM1OX0.qjPTcrjb0mwK7BY_zYcB2xtabUb5lxIV7MVtqnqXovI/img.jpg?width=980" id="3ea59" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8abd69b333136d018f78655d5d401263" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Oceans Eleven ">
</p><p><strong>NEVADA: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Eleven" target="_blank">Ocean's Eleven</a></strong><strong> (2001)</strong><br></p><p>What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas … including vote counts?</p><p>What definitely doesn't stay is Terry Benedict's money in Steven Soderbergh's masterpiece <em>Ocean's Eleven</em>. A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, this timeless ensemble movie follows <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Clooney&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MKuyKI5XAjMNTaqSi7R4fPPLMlND8h2TS_KLFrHyuafmF6WnKjjn5OfnpVbuYGUEABaa6kQ6AAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSh43qtuzsAhUPTt8KHW61BmEQxA0wOnoECDIQBQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Clooney </a>as Danny Ocean, a career thief, as he pulls off a legendary casino heist.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent3 - longer_content --></p><p>The great thing about heist films: Everything goes right in the end. That's the energy I'm challenging for this long-game of an election. God knows we need it.</p>
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Donald Trump’s 6 Most Heartbreaking Cameos
Sometimes you want to bask in the carefree nostalgia of an old movie when suddenly there's a Donald Trump cameo to ruin the mood.
11.03.2020
Donald Trump on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
From the late 80s to the early 2000s, it wasn't strange to be watching your favorite movie or guilty-pleasure sitcom of choice just to have the camera turn to the grinning face of Donald Trump.
How silly, you would have thought, laughing at the seemingly random cameo by the big baby billionaire, usually standing by some commercial real estate, then … forget.
Ever wonder why? Rumor has it that, for a while, to get permission to shoot at a Trump-owned location, directors needed to promise Donald Trump a part. Yes, sounds about right for a narcissist. Apparently, many of these scenes were filmed and cut before making it to the screen, but not all of them.
<p>Now, imagine years later, run ragged by the relentless hellscape of 2020, trying to revisit your old favorite comedies for mindless comfort when suddenly the big baby himself appears. This time you do not laugh. Didn't you turn on the reruns just to avoid having to look at him—his spray tan, his lopsided wig?</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - underfirst11 - under_first_paragraph --></p><p>Admittedly, all of his cameos are small and inconsequential—God forbid someone lay the burden of an actual plot line on Donald Trump. But despite their brevity, they're chilling reminders that it's almost impossible to escape him, even by changing the channel from the doomsday news cycle.</p><p>Maybe you like to remember a world in which Donald Trump was nothing but a celebrity millionaire, popping up in movies unannounced. Or maybe you'd like to be forewarned before retreating into a movie for an escape, just to be jolted back into our hellish reality.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>Either way, here's a list of the most tragic Trump cameos—ranked in order of how heartbreaking his brief appearance is and how much he takes away from the nostalgia.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY2Njg2OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYwNzE4ODY3N30.ei_saxQ0eeFY14q5RH3joSqNXWk4ryiVgKgIljrzbWY/img.jpg?width=980" id="dc1c2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ca58ac7e6b039bd27965b8008abed703" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt='Hugh Grant and Donald Trump in "Two Weeks Notice"'>
<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Hugh Grant and Donald Trump in "Two Weeks Notice"</small></p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313737/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two Weeks Notice</a> (2002)<br></h2><p>Three's a crowd in this classic rom com, where the charming power duo of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock is suddenly interrupted by Donald Trump, literally. In a scene at a waterside party, Grant's character is stopped by Donald Trump for a painfully awkward moment of sword fighting. Throughout the whole scene, even a seasoned actor like Hugh Grant can't help but grimace.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent1 - mid_content --></p><p>Fortunately for us, this interaction is brief, forgettable, and smoothed over by Hugh Grant's ever-affable charm. This is also one of Trump's best acted cameos… probably because he's playing an obnoxious version of himself, so there wasn't much acting to be done.</p><p>All in all, this one might cause a wince but it's pretty painless. The movie is, after all, about Hugh Grant as a rich man-child, so you're primed and ready by the time Trump makes his appearance and swift exit.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
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</p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0698684/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sex and the City</a><br></h2><p>In hindsight, there's a whole host of problems with this show and Carrie is, dare I say it, kind of the worst? But all can be forgiven when you stumble across an inevitable SATC marathon in the middle of the night … except, maybe, the sudden appearance of the now-president, staring into the camera like he knows something you don't.</p><p>Trump appears in the background of a scene in the second season as Samantha grabs a drink after work. It is, admittedly, inconsequential but this doesn't make it hurt less. In a voiceover, Carrie says: "Samantha, a Cosmopolitan, and Donald Trump — you just don't get more New York than that," followed by Trump name-dropping the Tower in a moment of obvious self promotion.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>A show fixated on status and celebrity, maybe it's no surprise that Trump gets a cameo. What's most painful about the scene is the conflation between Trump and New York City — a reference which definitely has not aged well.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY2NzI0NC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2ODgzMTU5NH0.SsGwnlfDfqz_9xzq6ElHutikiAzq6oRIszuTVe75a64/img.png?width=980" id="1f5ae" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6326598cb45f2b8469a916bd92c3c208" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Donald and Melania Trump in Zoolander">
<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Donald and Melania Trump in "Zoolander"</small></p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8" target="_blank">Zoolander</a> (2001)</h2><p>The Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson classic is lighthearted, and slapstick at its best. Unless the idea of celebrities implicated in politics hits too close to home in this day and age, overall it's a safe bet.<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p>The Trump cameo here is one of the most seamless. With Melania by his side, Trump appears in a montage of mock celebrity interviews in which each featured star espouses effusive praise for the title character, male model, Derek Zoolander.</p><p>If you close your eyes, you'd miss it. We recommend you close your eyes.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY2NzI0Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNTE5OTcxNX0.c7KhpgC18fqCLYWlQzuL66PhY8Xnni-kY3XKBNota3g/img.jpg?width=980" id="53398" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="55e8fb30105526526c5b5f57a8fe939d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Donald Trump and Tim Daly in The Associate">
<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Donald Trump and Tim Daly in "The Associate"</small></p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115580/?ref_=tt_mv_close" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Associate</a> (1996)<br></h2><p>The moral of this 1996 Whoopi Goldberg movie: white men run Wall Street… until Whoopi Goldberg comes along.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent3 - longer_content --></p><p>I'll watch any Whoopi movie, but if there were one to skip it might be this one. On the surface, it's an empowering comedy about a Black woman trying to make it. Look a little closer, and there are some oversimplified ideas about workplace discrimination and racial politics. Look even closer, and you'll find Donald Trump.</p><p>Waiting for a table at an exclusive Manhattan restaurant, the movie's antagonist tries to get a seat by gesturing at his guest, Donald Trump. While he is brushed aside, Whoopi Goldberg's character enters only to be seated right away. Trump then leaves his intended party to join Whoopi and her guests.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-638"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p>What's most hair-raising about this encounter is that Trump is made out to be kind of a good guy. Opportunistic, sure. But there's something off about him rushing to make nice with Whoopi's character … something I can't stomach in a week riddled with <a href="https://www.popdust.com/is-hip-hop-conservative-2648222330.html" target="_self">news of famous Black celebrities backing his 2020 campaign</a>.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098800/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air </a>(1994)<br></h2><p>Yeah, read that again. Donald Trump was on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Introduced with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wcNmQ_hEk" target="_blank">"esteemed pleasure</a>," nonetheless.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-639"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent4 - longest_content --></p><p>In the scene, the Trumps visit the Bel-Air home with intent to buy it… much to everyone's obvious excitement. Well, almost everyone. Forever a mood, Ashley Banks (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004700/?ref_=tt_cl_t4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tatyana Ali</a>), who doesn't want to move, screams: "Thank you for ruining my life," to which Trump responds "Everyone's always blaming me for everything."</p><p>Achingly prescient, this hurts <a href="https://twitter.com/Popdust/status/1323625886906748929" target="_blank">us</a>, but it probably hurts Will Smith more.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
<img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDY2NzMxMi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NTYwMzIyMn0.ZfFJu1h76euU49racy3U0fd9MRLZfFHg-hQpVKL8ggE/img.jpg?width=980" id="3c920" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cfc7907a6c7926d3d693f1dc7675a35c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Donald Trump in Home Alone 2">
<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Donald Trump in "Home Alone 2"</small></p><h2><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104431/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_23" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home Alone 2: Lost in New York</a> (1992)<br></h2><p>Perhaps it's fitting to mention, on this day that feels like the exact opposite of Christmas—when you know you're going to get something but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it—that Donald Trump's ultimate nostalgic ruin is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.</p><p>This cameo is pretty iconic—iconic as in so, so tragic.</p><p>Baby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Macaulay Culkin</a> (oh how much has changed) stops a random stranger to ask for directions. This stranger is, of course, Donald Trump. His appearance is brief, but it does induce some gagging at the thought of Trump being genuinely nice to children not wearing MAGA apparel.</p><h2></h2><p>But here's the best news: apparently they've been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYtsCfGmQ-k" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cutting the scene</a> from reruns in Canada. Hoping for the day they do the same here, too.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-640"> </div>
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6 Popular Black Sitcoms That Should Be on Netflix
These shows with strong black leads should be added to the streaming platform.
10.27.2020
The addition of popular Black sitcoms from the '90s and early 2000s to Netflix's repertoire has been one of the highlights of the streaming platform in 2020.
Shows including The Parkers, The Game, and Sister, Sister have served as reminders of the golden era in Black prime time television. Here is a list of shows that should be added to Netflix.
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The Wayans Bros
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjEzNy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MzA0Mzg1NX0.73dlNIjsZ2IJwUGtyG4bCABh1m4MJJ-FywGrHl0CsVY/img.jpg?width=980" id="2f5a0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9cd7fca48e89ac02a874ec6d32163b8a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Wayans Bros" /><p>The Wayans family is to comedy what the Jackson family is to music. Their legacy in the entertainment business spans four decades. Second-born Keenan Ivory Wayans would change the comedy landscape with the groundbreaking sketch comedy series <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098830/">In Living Color</a>.</em> In the spirit of nepotism, the cast would include Keenan's brothers Damon and Shawn, along with their sister Kim.</p><p>Later on, Shawn and the youngest sibling, Marlon, would strike out on their own with the series, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2754540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">The Wayans Bros.</a></em> Shawn and Marlon "Williams" played two brothers who ran a newsstand in New York City. With the same comedic genius as their older brother coursing through their veins and the iconic performance from the late John Witherspoon as Pops, <em>The Wayans Bros. </em>would be a hit on the WB Network for five seasons.</p>The Jamie Foxx Show
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjE0OC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NTI1MDU5OH0.2b6p-uuxF_csHDml6Lc-NJNVsnBsYXfPhF1NRM3EFM4/img.jpg?width=980" id="23782" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bb4503624113a20bdfb6e96c51fd6341" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Jamie Foxx" /><p>Unlike Shawn and Marlon, Jamie Foxx didn't get his role on<em> In Living Color </em>by being related to the creator. The then-upcoming comedian from Texas would earn popularity playing Wanda Wayne, a man-obsessed woman who would make men flee at the sight of her "unique" facial features. After the series' final episode in May 1994, Foxx would become a familiar face in film, television, and music. But it would be the starring role on the aptly named <em>The Jamie Foxx Show </em>that would make him a star.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115221/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">The Jamie Foxx Show</a> </em>told the story of Jamie King, an aspiring actor from Texas who moves to Los Angeles to work in his aunt and uncle's hotel until he lands his big break. While Jamie King was trying to capture the heart of his co-worker, Fancy (Garcelle Beauvais), Jamie Foxx captured the hearts of millions of viewers for 100 episodes until the show's conclusion in 2001.</p><p><!-- Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --> <div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-813"><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="9626795938"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></div> <!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --></p>The Parent' Hood
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjE2Ny9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDI1NzU2NH0.8n1xnJ3S8XH_TVGOF0oAj0C8RLdFwx_j3xp0hmPKjQE/img.jpg?width=980" id="c81eb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f95f20dd5889315e0f52c3199efcd001" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="parent 'hood" /><p>Robert Townsend is one of Black Hollywood's unsung heroes. He is the mind behind some of the most innovative pieces of cinema like <em>Hollywood Shuffle</em>, <em>The Five Heartbeats, </em>and <em>Meteor Man. </em>Townsend also directed Eddie Murphy's legendary stand-up special <em>Raw.</em></p><p>Robert would soon take his talents to primetime as the patriarch of the Peterson family in<em> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112115/" target="_blank">The Parent 'Hood</a></em>. At first glance, <em>The Parent 'Hood</em>'s premise seems like a watered-down version of <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086687/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">The Cosby Show</a>. </em>Robert and his wife, Jerri (Suzzane Douglas), raised their children much like how Cliff and Clair raised the Huxtable children. But the Petersons did a better job at tackling prominent issues of the day such as misogyny, gang violence, and Black representation in Hollywood. The series only ran for 90 episodes, but much like Townsend himself, it's a sleeper of a gem.</p>All of Us
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjE3Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MTc4MDg3M30.XX6OHP-phmzaUoLN9uo7hLAK6fcjUvDr16V90M3beVM/img.jpg?width=980" id="39bec" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="25d747fd5dfc1743e9ec1968bb84d53d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="All of us" /><p>Inspired by executive producers Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith's blended family, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362404/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2" target="_blank">All of Us,</a> </em>starring Duane Martin, Elise Neal, and Lisa Raye McCoy, is a series about modern co-parenting after a divorce. Martin and McCoy play a divorced couple while Neal plays Martin's new fiancee. Neal is the recipient of McCoy's insults as she is cautious (and somewhat jealous) of the relationship between her and the divorced couple's son.<em> All of Us</em> lasted only four seasons. </p>Eve
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjE3Ni9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODQyMTc1MH0.R5pFGhEwEcYk7rGAxWxE6vc8SmCbHR2qy2f7mM70_Qo/img.jpg?width=980" id="7afb5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d607c852aafe967de33e1fd1236b3040" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="Eve" /><p>Rapper Eve from the infamous Ruff Ryders crew made the transition from Philly emcee to an actress with roles in movies like the action-packed <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367379/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target="_blank">Triple X</a> </i>and the feel-good comedy<em> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460622/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2" target="_blank">Barbershop</a>. </em>Eve was so natural in her new career as a thespian that she landed a self-titled series on UPN.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367379/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target="_blank">Eve</a> </em>wasn't as big of a success as many would have predicted,, but Eve as fashion designer Shelly Williams reaffirmed that her transition from rapper to actor was a great decision.</p><p><center><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- Popdust Mobile Banner 320x100 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4301469008561137" data-ad-slot="6952751205"></ins><script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></center></p>My Wife and Kids
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDYwMjE4Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzQ1NjE4OH0.HDba045SAoOBDiOrRKLV0zUfLsvPXnaj9atpdK-SDCY/img.jpg?width=980" id="e802b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f79e746de335f9133f0209de29eecbc7" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="My Wife and Kids" /><p>Another comedy contribution from the illustrious Wayans family,<em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273855/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"> My Wife and Kids </a></em>is the brainchild of Keenan's younger sibling, Shawn, and Marlon's older sibling, Damon. Michael Kyle (Wayans) and his wife, Jay, are parents who use over-the-top pranks and hijinx to reinforce the lectures and pep talks that are synonymous with shows about parents raising children.</p><p><em>My Wife and Kids </em>contained heartwarming moments, high-level hilarity, and was heavy on the star power when it came to guest stars. Steve Harvey, Serena Williams, and Michael Jordan were just some of the A-list celebrities who would join the Kyle family during their five-season run on ABC. </p>From Your Site Articles
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