Posted on 02/24/2011 10:47:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
2002’s Undercover Brother looked primed to make comic and consummate scene-stealer Eddie Griffin a bona fide movie star. The film was a commercial and critical success, but the expected sequels have not been forthcoming and Griffin has spent the ensuing years alternating between stand-up comedy and small but memorable roles in flashy fare like Norbit. Griffin is no stranger to bit parts: He made his film debut as “Gas Station Attendent” in manager/mentor Andrew “Dice” Clay’s concert film Dice Rules before playing characters like “Ventriloquist” in The Five Heartbeats, “Messenger” in Brain Donors and, of course, “Guest at Kid’s Bachelor Party” in House Party 3. From 1996 to 2000, Griffin co-starred opposite Malcolm Jamal-Warner in Malcolm & Eddie (a sitcom that was mercilessly mocked in the web series that inspired Undercover Brother.) Griffin recently released a DVD of his latest stand-up special, Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell ’Em I Said It. (Griffin appears at Jokerz for a run of shows that begins March 3.)
Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell ’Em I Said It (2011)
The A.V. Club: How do you think you’ve evolved as a stand-up over the last 20 years or so?
Eddie Griffin: Let’s see, it’s gotten wittier, it’s gotten smarter, and the subject matter has gotten grittier.
AVC: What do you mean by grittier?
EG: I’m taking more chances, daring to say what people think.
AVC: What kind of things do you think people think but are afraid to say for whatever reason?
EG: I think men are afraid to say that they would love to have Michelle Obama in their bed, but they think it.
AVC: Why would they be afraid to say that?
EG: You know, Secret Service showing up at your house, sh*t like that.....
(Excerpt) Read more at avclub.com ...
No. Just no. I’d rather spend a week at the Overlook hotel with Jack Nicholson. I’d rather listen to Lee Marvin sing “Rainy Days and Mondays.”
Where is the projectile vomit alert? We have rules!
No... you don't. :-)
AVC: Why would they be afraid to say that?
EG: You know, Secret Service Michelle Obama showing up at your house, sh*t like that.....
She is the opposite of Viagra.
Eddie who?
I’d prefer to shove my jimmiestick in the toaster.
Allright, ok everybody, don't pay any attention to that over there, just look at this picture and it will all go away. It's just a dream, a very very very bad dream.
In a bed of straw in a horse stall?
Yikes! Way to much back. Then to think about the bitch slap at sun-up. No thanks.
Methinks ol’ Eddie has been hitting the bottle again.
I’m afraid, for sure. .....of having nightmares tonight after reading the headline of this article.
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