Television
Nipsey Hussle’s Memorial Service: Black Sam’s Speech (Video)
April 15, 2019
Courtesy All Ohio TV.
Get your full issues of tissues because you will cry real tears here. Truly touching and REAL speech from Nipsey’s brother Black Sam. You will feel pain, and joy, and remorse, and pride by the time this clip is done. What a legacy Black Sam speaks life to. And it is not done. The Marathon Continues!
And the whole service is embedded after the jump, courtesy PBS NewsHour. Yes, Nipsey got full coverage on PBS like be was Mr. Rogers. He kind of was. RIP to Neighborhood Nip from Crenshaw and Slauson.
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, EVENTS, Hip-Hop, Speech, Television, Videos | 
Tags: All Ohio TV, BLACK SAM, BLACK SAM SPEECH, Celebration of Life, Commemoration, Homegoing, Memorial, Memorial Service, Nipsey Hussle, NIPSEY HUSSLE FUNERAL, PBS, PBS NewsHour, Public Broadcasting Service, Public Broadcasting System | 
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Comedy: ‘Saturday Night Live’ From The Kremlin After The Mueller Report (Video)
April 4, 2019
It was going to be Mueller Time, baby!
Ha! ‘The Kremlin’ was butthurt… like in hole-in-an-azz… the worst part of the azz. ‘Kim’ wanted to believe, too.
The Mueller Report forces Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) to admit the truth about Russia’s relationship with Trump.
– Saturday Night Live
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Politics, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Beck Bennett, Kremlin Meeting, Sandra Oh, Saturday Night Live, SNL | No Comments »
Stephen Colbert Reveals President Trump’s Obamacare Replacement Strategy: The Plan Is No Plan (Video)
April 4, 2019
‘Brevity is the soul of wit’… and he is evidently witless.
Hahahaaa! Gotta laugh to keep from crying. If we lose the Affordable Healthcare we have, guess what we get in its place. No, seriously, guess. Because I don’t know. I’m hoping maybe you (or somebody, like the current administration) might. In the meantime, who wants a free ‘mermogerm’ though?
On healthcare, not only doesn’t Trump have a plan. He doesn’t have a plan TO MAKE a plan.
– The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Yeah, but bet your pockets he plans to be on Twitter tonight (and every night)!
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, Politics, Progressive, Television, Videos | Tags: Affordable Care, Affordable Care Act, American healthcare, Healthcare, Obamacare, Obamacare repeal, President Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert, The Affordable Care Act, The Late Show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Trump Promises A Healthcare Plan Someday | No Comments »
John Henton Really Liked Kim Coles… Even Before ‘Living Single’ (Video)
April 4, 2019
If you are not familiar with ‘Living Single’ from back in the day, say less… FAR less. Do your Googles and come back. Don’t let anybody see you.
CH News caught up with John Henton to talk about his audition as Living Single’s Overton and crushing on Kim Coles.
– Comedy Hype
Okay, now, understand how sweet this is… ‘Overton’ was crushing on ‘Synclaire’ even BEFORE the show. Awwww.
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Interview, Relationships, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: CH News, Comedy Hype, John Henton, Kim Coles, Living Single, Overton, Synclaire | No Comments »
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver On The ‘WWE’ (Video)
April 4, 2019
‘Last Week Tonight’ is such a brilliant mix of comedy and chat on serious matters. Perfect for covering what happens in the pro wrestling industry, in WWE in particular. Full disclosure: I love wrestling, too.
John Oliver discusses how the WWE takes care of its wrestlers — and how it doesn’t.
– Last Week Tonight
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, Progressive, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: HBO, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE | No Comments »
RIP Nipsey Hussle (Video)
April 1, 2019
I hoped against all hope that it was not true, but CNN and major news and online reporting outlets confirm that Nipsey Hussle died tragically, the result of a shooting near his clothing store, in the area of Crenshaw and Slauson. Born Ermias Davidson Asghedom, he was 33 years old.
Beyond the obvious, what is really saddening is that while Nip lived a lifetime in his short years, he had so much more to live for. He was fresh off a well-deserved Grammy nomination and consistently recognized for his solid body of work in rap, his noteworthy successes in business, and his neighborhood activism in keeping with global thinking and local action. But he was due for more: J. Cole and Drake both shared that they were set to do songs with him and would miss his presence. He was in the final stages of buying up the block [where his business operates] and bringing peace & brotherhood to his hood. And we just posted on the committed relationship and family life he had built with Lauren London on here.
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing store he owned, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin discusses with DJ HeadKrack.
– CNN
Such a loss for us all. In time, we will heal. But for now, we will mourn. Rest In Peace, Neighborhood Nip.
– @ojones1
The Story Of Why ‘Martin’ Ended (Video)
April 1, 2019
These Comedy Hype videos we have been coming across are more about the funny than being funny in and of themselves. This one especially. ‘Martin’ is one of the funniest shows to ever have been on TV. Whyyyyy did that good thing have to come to such a lackluster end? Watch.
– @ojones1
Posted in Comedy, History, Investigation, Relationships, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Comedy Hype, Here's why, True Story, Why It Ended, Why MARTIN Ended | No Comments »
Sheila “The Diva” Lewis Remembers Being A “Soul Train” Dancer (Video)
March 28, 2019
Y'all remember #SoulTrain dancer Sheila "The Diva" Lewis? Watch as she reflects on her over-the-top fashion and fond memories on the show. #SoulTrainDancerBET #AmericanSoulBET https://t.co/TfIzTPs3JD
— BET (@BET) March 27, 2019
Mm mm mm. The Diva was fine back then, and aging like fine wine! ‘Soul Train’ was so beautiful, so important. And the dancers made the show. Shelia Lewis speaks on her ‘Soul Train’ experience.
Posted in Celebrity, Dance, Fashion, Funk, Hip-Hop, History, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: American Soul, I Was a Soul Train Dancer, Sheila Lewis, Sheila The Diva Lewis, Soul Train, Soul Train Dancer, The Diva | No Comments »
Cam Newton Off-Season Sacrifices: No Meat And No… (Video)
March 25, 2019
… ‘touching’ his meat. WTF?? All pro QB Newton is on some new ‘ish to regain focus! He was pescatarian before, so maybe giving up meat was not so hard. He could hire a vegan chef. But that ‘no climax’ thing. Why would you give up the one thing a multimillionaire athlete is damn near guaranteed on a near nightly basis?? No thigh-thigh, not even looking at wi-fi, NO sex or nothing in or out of the champagne room. Now, that’s a REAL sacrifice! Talk about ‘March Madness’ (sheeeesh)! Good luck with that, sir.
James asks Cam Newton about his decision to go vegan and the challenges that come along with it, and the conversation turns to the presence of flowers on Cam’s social media, which has to do with Cam going fully celibate for the month of March.
– The Late Late Show with James Corden
– @ojones1
Watch This Clip On A “Labor Camp” In Belle Glade, Florida, In 1960 (Mini-Documentary)
March 18, 2019
My Dad saw a similar story on TV in the mid-1980s and it prompted him to go looking for his older brother. They’d only been in sparse contact with each other, but Dad knew Uncle DeWitt was in Florida working on a farm similar to their sharecropping days. It turns out that Uncle DeWitt was caught up at a place like this.
Check out this footage of these kids and their mother at a “labor camp” in Belle Glade, FL in 1960. Gotta see it to believe it.
– UNSTRIPPED VOICE
We got him out of there. But places like that even existing in the 20th century. Makes me feel a way. Watch and you’ll likely feel it, too.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, History, Interview, Investigation, News, Television, Videos | Tags: Belle Glade, florida, indentured servitude, labor camp, migrant farmers, Modern Day Slavery, Okeechobee, Quasi-Slavery | No Comments »
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Season 2 Premieres Thursday, April 4 On Freeform (Series Trailer)
March 18, 2019
I never like it when my shows take long hiatuses, esp. in the modern TV era when most networks’ shows break their seasons in half (like a series premiere, then a midseason finale, then a midseason premiere, then a season finale). Too much time away from the viewers. Out of sight, out of mind, out of a job.
But Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger had a pretty good premiere season. Hopefully, the long hiatus means a powerful second season is on the way. We will see next month!
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Comics, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Cloak & Dagger, Cloak And Dagger, Marvel, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Marvel's Cloak And Dagger, Season 2 | No Comments »
Gayle King Speaks On Her Harrowing R. Kelly Interview Experience (Video)
March 14, 2019
R. Kelly lives at Trump Towers in Chicago. Interesting. Moving on…
Mm mm mm. Gayle can still get it. I’m sure I’ve said it before. That’s why I’m saying STILL. Watch her talk about how she stayed calm and soothed Robert during their interview gone viral.
‘CBS This Morning’ co-host Gayle King was impressively calm in the face of R. Kelly’s self-destruction.
– The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Comedy: SNL Lampoons The R. Kelly x Gayle King Interview (Video)
March 12, 2019
R. puts on his pants one sleeve at a time, like everyone else. Y’all need to recognize that.
Gayle King (Leslie Jones) interviews R. Kelly (Kenan Thompson) about the allegations leveled against him.
– Saturday Night Live
The singing, too, though… Bahaaa!
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones, R. Kelly Interview Cold Open, Saturday Night Live, SNL | No Comments »
News: Flint Residents Can Now Get Some Clean Water From The ‘Water Box’ (Video)
March 6, 2019
Dope! Good look for the youth, for Hip-Hop & ministry, for our people, and for humanity! Shout to Jada Pinkett Smith, Just, First Trinity, & Jaden Smith and The Water Box for doing this (respek on their names) and to the Reupspot on Facebook for the scoop.
FULL STORY: JADEN SMITH IN FLINT, WATER BOX (FOX 2 DETROIT)
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Cover Story, Environment, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, News, Technology, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: Clean Water, Detroit, Drew Fitzgerald, Ezra Tillman, Filtration, Filtration System, First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Flint, Fox 2, Fox 2 Detroit, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith, Jason Rothkop, Just, Karen Weaver, Michicgan, The Water Box, Water, Water Crisis, Water Filtration | No Comments »
Original Soul Train Dancers Speak On What It Took To Dance For Don Cornelius & ‘Soul Train’ Back In The Day (Video)
March 6, 2019
We taught America to dance. We taught the WORLD to dance!
Ahhh, so Doc C. brought the Soul Train line to TV straight out of Chi-Town. Learn about that and more about this quintessential part of our Culture in this mini-doc.
From the days of Motown to the birth of Hip-Hop, the “Soul Train” dancers look back at their time on the show and reflect on how their experiences transformed Black culture.
– Soul Train
– @ojones1
‘Uncle Ruckus’ Speaks On The Greatness Of President Trump And MAGA
March 6, 2019
Uncle Ruckus (no relation) is back… with a good word about the wall (almost finished) and more. Hahaa! He is giving Charlamagne hell in this interview. Hahaaaa!
Uncle Ruckus of The Boondocks stops by to preach his love for President Donald Trump and explain how Black people are enjoying the time of their lives.
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Radio, Series, Television | Tags: Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Charlamagne Tha God, Power 105, Power 105 FM, Power 105.1, Power 105.1 FM, Uncle Ruckus | No Comments »
One Last Look Before Jeffrey Wright’s HBO Prison Drama “O.G.†Debuts (Trailer)
February 19, 2019
Starring @JFreeWright, O.G. follows the journey of one man at the precipice of freedom.
Premiering Saturday at 10PM on #HBO. #OGHBO pic.twitter.com/ZI4De1Ct8i
— HBO (@HBO) February 11, 2019
Latest teaser before the February 23rd premiere of “O.G.”
PREVIOUS: JEFFREY WRIGHT STARS IN HBO’S NEW PRISON DRAMA (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
Posted in Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Ato Essandoh, Bahni Turpin, Boyd Holbrook, David Patrick Kelly, Jeffrey Wright, Madeleine Sackler, Mare Winningham, O.G., Theothus Carter, William Fichtner, Yul Vazquez | No Comments »
‘Officer Clemmons’ Speaks On Being Black In “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” (Video)
February 15, 2019
Hope you got to spend Valentine’s Day celebrating love in some way. I sat down and watched a documentary on a legend who lived a life of love; influencing generations to be better people as he made his way in the world. Man, if only we had Mr. Rogers around now. Rest in peace to the legend Fred Rogers.
Then IÂ found this Great Big Story on ‘Officer Clemmons’ on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. So wonderful!
Remember Officer Clemmons, the policeman from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?” Actor Francois Clemmons was initially reluctant to take the role. Growing up in the late ’60s, Clemmons didn’t have a positive opinion of the cops at the time. But Fred Rogers convinced him, and Clemmons became one of the first Black actors to have a recurring role in a children’s TV program.
– Great Big Story
You gotta watch this story and check for the “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” documentary on HBO or on-demand on YouTube. Well worth watching!
– @ojones1
Politics: Meghan McCain & Conservative News Outlets Try To Smear Kamala Harris’ Breakfast Club Quotes (Video)
February 14, 2019
Aha! Charlamagne Tha God catches Meghan McCain and Fox News in NOT catching Senator and Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris in a lie. Turns out she did NOT say what they are saying she said during a recent Breakfast Club interview (posted here). And they are out of pocket implying that the Senator is lying and trying to be ‘too cool’ as a candidate. Check it out.
Breitbart, FOX News, and Meghan McCain are the ‘Donkey of the Day’ for trying to smear Kamala Harris’ quote about smoking marijuana in college listening to Snoop Dogg and Tupac on The Breakfast Club.
– Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
– @ojones1
Posted in Politics, Radio, Shots, Television, Videos | Tags: Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Breitbart, Campaign 2020, Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, Donkey of the Day, FOX NEWS, Kamala Harris, Meghan McCain, Power 105, Power 105 FM, Power 105.1, Power 105.1 FM, Smear campaign | No Comments »
The 2019 Grammys: Standout Live Performances (Video)
February 11, 2019
Did anybody catch The Grammys? Not on ’em like that so much, but landed on the channel and peeped a while. Some out-there performances on there; memorable to say the least. Snagged and embedded some of the noteworthy ones – starting with a very special opening above, continuing the showcases after the jump.
(Now when I say ‘snagged’… Well, you’ll see. Just please forgive the bootleggedness of some of the clips.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Performance, Television, Videos | Tags: 2019 Grammy Awards, 2019 Grammys, Alicia Keys | No Comments »
