Right! All roads led here.

Ikr... Besides, it's a joke and the legendary comic is dead. Brady should learn to let it go!

Big facts!

Agreed. It was that joke that landed him such an iconic role in that sketch. It was easily one of the funniest sketches in Chappelle show history.

Facts

Agreed!

Exactly

I agree! Take it to the edge. Everything is funny until it's about them.

I disagree I didn't think Paul's joke was funny at all but I did like the is Wayne Brady going to have to choke a b****.? That sketch was funny.

Big Facts

Well put.....I agree it's the perception Paul was talking about

Maybe he don't want people seeing him that way...just because he's a comedian too doesn't mean all jokes sit well with him...I'm sure there's some jokes that he wouldn't say either

I’m amazed that when white people like a Black person, then some Black people want label that person as not being “Black enough”

EXACTLY

@@stevenmathissr5712 Exactly!

Well said. Paul's joke was hilarious but it never made me dislike Brady bc he's so talented. What doesn't kill you will make you stronger & even wiser. Dave smoothed things over & even helped make Brady's star power even stronger with his rebuttal gangsta skit. In the end it all ended very well, especially with Brady.

Wayne Brady so raw that he bit Dave Chappelle's sandwich in that episode. That's gangsta!🥪

Yup.

True That. Wayne went Black on Bill Maher.

@@wutttheheckler2094 eat your sandwich Dave. GIMME THAT SANDWICH DAVE!! Hahaha

The setup was masterful

And for molesting children

Exactly

“Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X” F*%king classic !! Talking about Dave said it wasn’t funny…That’s a damn lie…lol

Thats one of my favorite jokes from that show 😂😂😂

I think his explanation flew over your head

@@braveman1641 No it didn’t Short 🚌….Wayne Brady said Dave said He didn’t think it was funny…That’s an obvious lie

It was funny because it was partially TRUE 😄 BUT, the Training Day skit gave Brady the street cred that he had been missing.

I still laugh till this day

*COMEDY is supposed to exaggerate, and poke fun at things a little!* Wayne Brady's reaction to an obvious joke tells you that the joke hit it's mark. If Brady himself did not believe that the joke had a seed of truth to it, he would not have been that offended.

You have NO SENSE of humor.

@@blacknovaentertainment3914 Absolutely!!

Still laughing this morning

Exactly, he's a comedian why would he be all in his feelings about a joke, and people have the nerve to sympathize with this clown.

yes, not even comedians, some think they're in the club, so exempt.

Yup. Funny how it's a comedian this time, who couldn't take a joke aimed at them lol.

@@mayakyen3695 the irony

Nobody likes being dissed man. Period. Could you imagine the Jay and Nas beef if one of them just went "HA good one my brother!" No that's not how people work.

Redemption from what? I think you're still missing it.

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch? Why do we in the black community have to throw shade on those of us who speak proper english and possess good behavior/character? Are those traits exclusive to white people?

I will admit that I would see him on " Who's Line Is It?" and think he was a cornball...trying to be the next Alfonso Riberio or something but he showed how talented of a actor ...he was in that skit and Dave even let him host most of his show !

Exactly perfect example ✊🏿❤️🤣

That's the way it's supposed to be. I remember having roasting sessions with friends because we were board. Friend pissed us off and we say some slick s*** in response and keep it moving. Now, you say something someone doesn't like, you are against them, or have a phobia. Since when we can't be there for each other without having to align every belief we have. I can be there for you and not agree with you or like something you are doing. It's called agreeing to disagree.

Some guy EXACTLY

Wayne married a White looking Woman. Also, he doesn't act really ethnic, I work here in Hollywood , I am a Black Female.. He is one of many like this.

It's one of those things that's funny because its true, but I think Brady probably took it out of context. I didn't see it as Mooney attacking his blackness. There is a thing some white people do that they think is endearing to the individual, but is just exposing their general prejudice. I see that as the butt of the Joke more so than Brady himself.

Coming onto Chapelles show for the skit was def a class act

@@blkspade23 Opinions aren’t capable of being truthful. The problem with us as a people is we only value actors when they play roles that cast negative aspersions on black life. Since Wayne Brady never tried to play those roles he is criticized.

@@twztdned I also think Chappelle was a class act for reaching out to Wayne Brady to communicate and collaborate.

@@ronaldray1130 hard yes, a collab that turned into an incredible skit

This is not an option nigga if you do not smoke this we have a problem 🤣🤣🤣

P

That Paul Mooney joke about Wayne Brady was not funny at all. I never did think Paul Mooney was funny. I was quite surprised to hear that he wrote for Sanford and Son and Richard Pryor but his stand up was not similar to what he wrote for others and seemed to bomb when he was on stage.

Do you understand the point of his sketch with Dave?

How the hell I get in to this

@@maniac50ae14 To me, that sketch was an answer to that joke which I thought was all in fun from the beginning. But I do think the joke made by Paul Mooney - though funny as hell - was offensive(not in a way that you gotta make an enemy outta him or anything) and props to Wayne Brady for standing up for himself. If not for that, maybe the sketch woulda never happened.

OOK, Mooney go tyour vote. I knew he was cracking in the brother when I heard. Brady bigger than Mooney ever was, I suspect there is a strike of jealousy in the joke.

FACTS if the joke would’ve been about somebody else he would not of been upset. It was a good joke but the skit on the Chapelle show with Brady was Genius

@@charlesxplosiveii6206 Yeah, you half right. If the joke wass about someone else we all would not be here taking sides, right? And yeah the skit was funny as a MF. Brady made chapple take a hit of angel dust, that was funny. You hit this or you make me think you a snith to the cops, and he pulls out a gun, and tells hit them MF!1 Hahahaha I'm laughing now cause I known dudes like that and it hit home funny as shit. Wasn't funny to Chapple. then chapple said RUN BITCHES!! When little home girl came up short. that was funny as sh*t. Yeah, later.

Seemed like what Mooney was getting at is that white people like non controversial black entertainers and for Brady that Gumbal that is true. But I’m not black so what do I know.

@@df4196 Apparently you know a lot, because you were right on the money. #Facts

Exactly. Everything is on the table or nothing is.

Thank you!! Usually those most "offended" don't even have a horse in the race like the people who are hating on Dave Chapelle now behind "The Closer!!"

?????? Says the white "man" on KZfaq?? @@chrisclermont456

it looks like you are the police and i am too. keep it in the air and i will too. heaven help us. talk about the science of dividing and conquering. "Dave Vs Tans". That'll be funny it's so crazy, just as soon as it's DONE. ;/, :)

That's so backwards. You can't build a brand on being "edgy" and then play the victim when people get mad at you. Social commentary is either about starting conversations or it isn't. It's not impossible to make intelligent critiques that you can stand behind when ppl check you. Chappelle's actually a prefect example of that.

Well put, I 💯% agree. 👍🏽

Fr, for someone in Hollywood it’s hard to think he doesn’t have thick skin…especially as a comedian himself like…he does white comedy for the most part…and that’s ok

who's line is it anyway....

@@dakrawnik4208 that show was hilarious. Random as hell and hilarious

Facts. He just got to own it. He had to play along and act and talk a certain way. He has to act like Carlton banks to get on. I'll pass

You don’t own Wayne Brady’s Black Card

Some mooks never get it.

Ok, you right! If he was bring up some old shit trying to make something of it then that would have been distastful. Thanks for saying what you said👍

G Airy:. The joke is funny if you really don't know who Bryant Gumbel is. Gumbel got his whitewashed image because of the way he talked and being the first black person to host the Today Show which was the number one rated morning show for years. Bryant Gumbel was a very proud black man but you rarely heard that side of him because he did host this show. You finally heard it when Gumbel interviewed MLK Jr.'s cohort the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy about his book The Walls Came Tumbling Down. it was about his and Kings involvement in the Civil Rights movement. Abernathy told some things about MLK's marital infidelities. Gumbel did not like that Abernathy was telling these things. You could tell that Gumbel was outraged with Abernathy for telling that. A lot of people assumed that Gumbel was whitewashed but he was far from it. At the time of this Gumbel/Brady joke Mooney knew that he was playing on Gumbel's perceived image but not the true Gumbel. That's why I personally did not find it funny. Also at the time we knew nothing about Wayne Brady other than his being the only black on shows with white people.

A hit dog will hollar. He was upset bcuz he knows it's true.

Funny how life works out … ain’t it?

The skit is funny because Wayne Brady does not fall under the stereotypical black man... he looks as black as any black man could look, but he speaks and acts without any Ebonics...that's what Brady doesn't get about the joke.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

FACTS!!! ALL OF THIS!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

👏👏👏👏

Yeah, that good old school humor that Chappelle is bringing back...

PeriodT

Basically. I'm sick of this soft culture

Paul told 'jokes' through the probable tumultous life of being Black in America- yeah, yeah, yeah I know everybody goes through things in life, but for example when one person gets hassled 'MORE' by police for not doing any crime except driving down the street and another person is who 'actually' guilty of an infraction but is treated with more respect and "understanding"- hence Paul Mooney jokes...

What is funny? Gumbal hi-yellow and Brady dark brown what you talking about?

@@chrismachabee3128 Bro if you don’t get the joke just say that lol

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

OK, did you hear me say it? No, then that means I Igot it, and it wasn't funny, did you get that? Your funny bone ain't my funny bone, dig? I'll see you in Milwaukee.

@@chrismachabee3128 Bruh you just said a whole lot of NOTHING lol

When did it come out

He was asked a question & you can see him smiling & laughing about it but go off.

@@ubahfly5409 Smiling with hurt in his heart, just because you are asked a question doesn't mean you have to answer it. Hence he's in his feelings still 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc Between 2003-2006

@Derek Lowe Right because there's no racism in Africa 🙄

The fact he brings it up publicly after Mooney is no longer with us is lame. This joke brought Wayne Brady into the homes of younger generations. Which allowed him to do the funniest sketch with Dave. All of it was funny. As I've heard growing up. Jokes that are truly funny are 50% truth. Ijs

@@Dmillertime1 Thing is, he also brought it up at the time with the people who were involved. He didn't whine and complain then say something different to Dave's face. He said he was offended, and then Dave/Neal/Wayne made something great out of it.

@@rileygiordano2380 True, I just figured it was a done convo. Since he did confront them about it. Then again he was on a talk show. I didn't watch the whole show to see how the subject was brought up. It's seemed he is still hurt by it even after speaking on it to those involved. Many years later as well

@@Dmillertime1 Agreed, it looks like it was a soft spot that Mooney hit. I think he's referencing the Mooney joke as a prelude to how the skit came about. I hope he wasn't taking a crap on Mooney's memory out of spite, but I didn't see it that way from the clip.

I could never understand why people loved who’s line is it show. You would have to be so white to make Bryant gumble look like Malcolm X. The joke was funny and the skit is diamonds.

@@redneckfortunecookie3137 I-…

@@redneckfortunecookie3137 to late now he passed away

Both 😳

@@redneckfortunecookie3137 Why?

@@redneckfortunecookie3137 out the closet…?

Facts

Brady lame for getting mad tho. He supposed to been a comedian. He could of easily just responded on one of his platforms

@@thesupervisor3270 he did one better by going on Chappelle's show

Why is he lame for being tired of his blackness being mocked by his own people. Some jokes are made to be funny and some is made out of hate or spite.

@@tiptoebandit he is lame for that. He's a comedian, should be able to take a jokey joke 🤷🏿‍♂️

I think it was more offensive to Wayne because he didn’t really know any of those guys and felt attacked for no reason. I think he would’ve reacted differently if it was a joke at a roast, given the context.

Thats for sure

😅😅🤣🤣

Guess what I stole for my BIRTHDAY 🎈

HA! Nothing but facts. 😂💯💯

🤦🏽‍♀️🤣😭💀💯

He didn't say he was still hurt. He was speaking in the past.

Wayne will be just fine. But if it makes you feel any better you can imagine him crying in his giant pile of money.

What do you mean he’s dead?

@@wrenchworth He means that the guy who told the joke is dead.

@@blackguyofthesouth2161 "Only the guilty speak" - my grandma

The same can be said for Mooney, Earthquake roasted him and he was mad.

Chappelle, Moony, and Brady are all awesome comedians...OH OH! I mean DOPE comedians....lol

Facts

I like that comment BIG FACTS!!!!!

@@jonathancue1584 these people have seem to have forgotten about Sammy Davis Jr and Johnny Mathis and Harry Belefonte and the rest of that era of black entertainers. To me Wayne was never a sellout. He was a throwback to Cotton Club,Vegas style ballroom black entertainment. Which I enjoy thoroughly. Wayne's style is 1950s black and I think the majority of today's audience is just too young to remember when most black entertainers we're like WB.

I’m very glad. I’m sure it was all in good fun. Tho I’m sure Brady has heard comments throughout his career that he is acting “white” and doesn’t “belong” so I understand why it rubbed him the wrong way. Imagine being super talented, being trailblazing black talent in predominantly black spaces then being brought down for having the audacity for being a black dude who does improv, or ask thing like that. I think Mooney didn’t think too deep about it but prolly Brady has some personal experience that explains why he feels the way he does.

The Wayne/Sammy comparison is gold. I call it 'colorblind appeal.'

It was, that's what pissed Wayne off. I'm sure other comedians said stuff like that, but it stings extra when the joke is a hit. It's like being the butt of the best joke of the year on the playground, and a nickname comes from the joke.

Paul Mooney's Joke Got To Wayne Because There's TRUTH To It!!! 😏😏😏😏😏😏😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

Caused a legendary skit

@@gregoryjones9546 y'all ignoring the larger concern that Brady bunch never said a word while Mooney was alive🤬🤬🤬

@@youknowwhoyouare2269 Nope,I Definitely NOTICED That!!! Because The Black Brady Bunch Family Member Knows That When Paul Mooney Would've Clapped Back,He's Oreo Ass Would Get ROASTED,LOL!!! 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Say it louder

Facts!

Preach!!

That's all well and good, but if we don't make an effort to define blackness and police it, Hollywood will. All of our enemies will. And history has shown us that we don't want white folks defining who we are.

Hmmm wonder why

So true.....

This Brady me2 movement 🤭🙄

What if I told you that skit was the real Brady?

Exactly, I feel as if Brady wouldn't have been offended if there wasn't truth to it. The joke brought to the surface an insecurity he already had in relation to the Black audience. The joke was definitely funny to most black people because we agreed. A large part of the black audience wasnt seriously checking for Wayne Brady's comedic art until his own skit with Chappelle.

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch? Why do we in the black community have to throw shade on those of us who speak proper english and possess good behavior/character? Are those traits exclusive to white people?

Probably wasn’t written in 😂

When you constantly call certain black folk that you don't really know Uncle Toms, sellouts, oreoes, etc. and the truth is that they really are proud of their blackness. Yeah, there are going to be some real feelings. Unfortunately, many black folk believe in one way of being black & proud. Dashiki, kente cloth, black power fist, quoting black nationalists or pan-Africanist leaders and especially speaking with a AAVE (African American Vernacular English). Then think black folk who speak and act Carlton and Hilary Banks aren't up to their standards.

@@HappyRoach1 exactly ! An it needs to stop

The thing is everybody jobs are different and Comedy happens to be a job. The thing about Comedy is the persons personal thoughts of what is funny and what is not. I do not like Paul Mooney never have Paul Mooney to me is not a comedian he’s more of a poet that wants to be funny as a comedian Dave Chapelle is brilliant he lives our life as an African-American man and he comes across as a comedian of life he knows exactly how we feel how we think and how we work and pray he’s truth is more of a teaching in a comedy way. Wayne Brady is a very talented African-American man who is one of the most exciting comedians on stage that you can witness. You never know what he’s gonna say how he’s going to say it and yet and steel is funny as hell and it comes across everybody and by everybody you know what he saying that goes for Dave Chapelle as well these two together will make you hurt yourself in laughter Paul Mooney it’s him mad comedians I didn’t make it he’s known that said Paul Mooney never understand what he be talking about not to put him down just explaining how I see things so Dave Chapelle in Wayne Brady love you to The moon and back and if I ever get the chance to do some comedy I would love to do some comedy with you too I’m an actress in my mind I’ve done some acting but never know the truth so if you ever need a mother sister older sister auntie grandma was just a sexy old lady that be me ciao for now

I'm glad that Mooney somehow thinks that he can speak for all whites. Do black people prefer threatening or non-threatening people? Who on earth likes threatening people? It's a stupid comment.

@@jack-of-all-trades1234 it’s not stupid, it’s historical. Don’t play dumb.

@@jack-of-all-trades1234 its a perception of danger. Its like how in the 80s-90s when the asian gangs were taking over California that cops started to stop Asian people in much the same as they did black people. Now some of these i could underrstand but how are you gonna find a 14 year old 90 pound kid threatening (also looked like a classical nerd)? Its a perception of danger vs reality.

Was he being soft or was he standing up for himself? It was a joke, but it was also a veiled personal attack. Shady people will insult you and try to pass it off as a joke. Mooney was probably envious of Brady’s “crossover” appeal.

@@Cab0408 He was being soft. Lol

Not even just black America……..pretty much everyone really! 😳🤷🏽‍♂️

That's a lie. The only people who consider Wayne Brady as a sellout artistry wise are people too young to remember that style of entertainment. WB is more of a throwback to the Nat King Cole,Harry Belefonte,Sammy Davis Jr. era of entertainers than he is a sellout. I can't even figure out why people keep calling him a comedian when he's acted,danced and made whole albums from Christmas albums to R&B albums. Wayne is trying to walk in Sammy's footsteps and in my opinion and he's doing a damn good job of it too. Now if you wanna call him a sellout for his dating choices I get it and I agree. But calling him a sellout because of his style of entertainment is just uninformed to me.

@@jeromejenkins1733 Spot on.

Bryant Gumbel has identified as black numerous of times. He says he even considers his biracial grandkids who practically look white, as black.

@@HappyRoach1 His grandkids are white, or at least other. Bryant Gumbel isn't straight African, his kids are biracial, and his grandkids are are 1/4 black at best. This isn't the 1800s, and the one drop rule is a lie. African features can be breed out, and you're not black just because you have ancestors that are black.

@@j.baldwin3012 , I didn't say that I agreed with Gumbel calling his biracial grandkids black. I just used it as an example that Gumbel heavily identifies as black despite the long time belief that he doesn't.

PERIOD!!!!

Lol

We traded justin bieber for him he is now white jk

@@aceisking lol

Yes his reaction was the proof that Paul was hitting close to home

@@yuhHornerman that’s not proof that somebody reacting to an insult. Some people don’t take kindly to certain kind of shit talking, nothing to do with truth.

@@MikeDTheRealOne you don't understand the point. There was no insult there was a joke. And the fact that Wayne took that joke as an insult proves what I said before. Go watch Paul's comedy and hear the kind of things he says and then tell me if you think he was really insulting wane.

a hit dog will holler

EXACTLY

But Wayne couldn't take a joke or "the joke". The fact that he is still talking about it today says so. After Dave's apology he took the offer to perform the sketch to show the world he was no punk and to redeem his reputation. The joke bothered him then and now.

exactly. It's genius!!

@@mokahgirl5165 I second your comment

These guys, like Brandy and Alfonso Rubiera can't stand black women, but you chicks keep on defending them......smdh

@@blacktanner2757 when did they say that?

@@blacktanner2757 what does , who they date have to do with anything? That is beside the point of the op. Wayne can date his cup of tea. If it ain’t a black woman then that is a ok. What do black women care? There are some black ladies and men who can’t stand dating their racial counterparts either . Actually that can be found in all races including Asian.

Well said.

@@ycAuntieLala Yeah, but most people don't go around defending people that hate their guts, though!!

Frfr

Exactly!

This.

Lol FACTS

😒

I came to that same conclusion

@@charlemeH did I misunderstand something?? Please enlighten me?

Yeah Brady was doing skits with Drew Carey and them, different type of vibe.

EXACTLY, Ms. Juanita!!!!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

The fact you feel he needed that sketch to be relevant is exactly why he doesn’t think the joke is funny. You can say the black audience wasn’t aware of him, but you can’t say it made him relevant or any more black.

@@nmw654 nowhere in my statement are the words relevant or aware.

I liked both. Still do. The beauty of blackness is that it is inclusive!

Well said sir

"higher intelligence," and who would that be? Sounds offensive; false stereotypical rhetoric. Wow....

Some brother get the chance to make some money, and some get a chance to make a lot of money, Brady makes a lot of money, so its clear he ain't no regular dude. Mooney blew what ever chances he had. He shouldn;t have hated On brady or Gumbal for making mad money on the white side, as that is where the big money is. what that ssaying? You have to be in it to win it.

@@chrismachabee3128 Trust and believe Paul was not hatin' on Gumbel nor Brady; HE'S A COMEDIAN! I knew Paul, he was the coolest dude ever. Paul was a "watcher," a thinker. He made fun of everything and everyone. We can't take some things so seriously. I liked the way Paul evolved into using his comic genius in discussing racism and uncovering injustice in this world. He made a choice to express his truth and he enjoyed his success. He profited a lot behind the scenes as a writer. Paul had no issue with these guys. It's called comedy.

@@trishgordon4269 Trish my dearest Trish, you are right, no argument. See, but here is the thing, in addition to trying to be funny, you just might say something that is not funny and offend someone to the point that they are upset. Now, what this whole is about is Mooney cracking on Brady and Gumball, that's OK, but wait, somebody got they feelings hurt. Now the fact I was in the audience listening to the joke at the time it was made, makes me familiar intimately with the issue. So, now I learn, after having never given the joke a second thought that someone was harmed and it was Wayne Brady. Now I like Wayne Braady, and I admire him for what he has made of his life. due to that, he brings it up, its here on the Net, and now guess what? I get to take sides!! So, as you see I took Wayne Brady side against the joke, not necessarily Paul Moony, because truth be told in all the years I known Mooney if he ever made me chuckle that would be something. Mooney a good man, but for me he never been that guy, like Hart or Chappelle, just make you crack up with funny stuff they be saying. I think Mooney made his bones writing for Richard Pryor, don't hold me to that, But he is also a writer and has written some funny stuff and may actually have written for Chapple. So, dearest Trish, that's my story, I understand Mooney and he cool, I'm just going with the flow here you understand. We just be rappin' is all, we cool? Hope so. You are having a good day, OK? C ya'.