Previous episode When Tommy wants to stay behind and cozy up to an attractive woman, Martin cautions to check for an Adam's apple. And his name was "Buckwhite." He then proceeds to kick Bruh Man out. It then turns out that the woman he was feeling up is Gina's visiting mother Nadine. ", While playing "Homeo" in the play and Pam, playing Juliet's handmaiden, comes out and asks what's going on, Martin tells Gina "Juliet, watch outthere's a grizzly bear behind you.". Martin, Cole, and Tommy find themselves bored, but the real hilarity comes when the snores of Big Shirley, who's fallen asleep on Martin's couch, start filling the air, and Martin calls Cole on it. Fun fact: This episode was written by John Ridley, who recently won an Oscar for 12 Years a Slave! After finding that his wallet was stolen, Martin is forced to start from scratch. Cole slurping his drink loudly while he, Martin, and Gina are watching a mystery movie. Gina telling Martin that her car backfires so much that gangbangers duck. The late, great comedic actress, Shirley Hemphill, may have been tough as nails on TV, but she had the heart of gold in real life. In the weeks leading up to Perrys latest film, Fat Black Women Played By Male Actors, Madea Problem, As a society, weve never been good at talking about gender dynamics especially not online. Never will., When he asked Hemphill how he could pay her back, she goes, Look, I just want you to help some other young comic out. Richard Pryor helped her out. When Cole claims Tommy's travel bag was brand-new, Martin asks how Tommy is going to believe Cole because "he don't know nothin', man!" Martin tricking the rest of the gang into leaving his apartment by saying Hustle Man has burgers. When Tommy objects to Martin's plan to prank Pam, Martin compares Tommy to a Chicago Bulls game because "You're always sellin' out!". Martin sends Archibald Berry, one of Gina's co-workers, away by claiming some guys are talking smack about him. Martin freaking out over the price for Gina's engagement ring. When Tommy asserts he's a grown man, Martin tells him "I'm a grown man, too!" Martin and Tommy decide to get the jump on Dynamite Willy, only to end up nabbing Pam returning home, leading to this exchange: Martin telling Pam to "lock jaw" on Dynamite Willy. Gina finding Big Shirley's large bra in Martin's apartment. Martin commenting that "This baby's whipping our asses!". She then instructs Cole to put up the posters and not stop until he gets to Arizona. Martin then wonders what good's that going to do him, and Sean reasons he can take blows for Martin. Martin briefly sounding like his mother as he replies to Gina, who's in the back. ", After Gina questions him about the photos he put up in the Paynes' apartment (so Cole could pretend to Rhonda that Martin and Gina's apartment is his), Cole tells her, "I don't know, Gina. ", After Shebazz bids him farewell, Martin responds with "Peace and a bottle of hair grease to you, too.". Tommy and Cole tumbling into Martin's apartment through the window. He made sure Shirley made a guest appearance on his then highly rated show. Gina's attempts to keep Martin from finding out about the boot on her car, not knowing Martin already knows. Martin joking that Big Shirley ate one too many Doritos and popped. After Cameron spits up and Martin assures his friends it's nothing to be concerned about, Cole replies that he's going to have to leave if Cameron's head starts spinning like in. The first time, he asks what a banshee is, and Cole says he thought it had something to do with a banjo. Pam thinking the computer Tommy gave her as a birthday present is stolen after Tommy mentions he got it from his job. Waters denounces Martin as a fool, Martin comes back up to shoot Dr. Part of the reason I find Joanne the Scammer to be so refreshing is because she aspires to be a version of white womanhood, in addition to the fact that the actor who plays her, Brandon Miller, actually identifies as LGBTQ. Martin's speech to the other prisoners, while wearing Shebazz's. to Martin as she leaves for a moment. (1985) and Martin (1992). After Cole gives his testimony, Ronnie out-manuevers him by getting him to admit that his eyes were closed while he was making out with Shanise, meaning he didn't see the accident. (And of course, her. Im not talking about cozy sweaters, Christmas rom-coms, or even the holidays; awards, Last nights American Music Awards officially kicked off music awards season, giving us a good idea of what might play out come February when the Grammy, The Emasculation Of Black Men Isnt A Real Thing, I Anglicized My Name For My Career Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, Lori Harveys Love Life Could Actually Teach Us Something, Jerrod Carmichael Made The Golden Globes Cringe. . When Cole offers to play Romeo, the rest of the gang yells "HELL, NO! Jackson then shows up stoned out of his mind due to overdosing on painkillers. When the mouse ends up in Cole's jean pocket, Cole starts whining and Martin tells him to be a man, then. You'd have to be a special piece of work to keep up with Stan, her swindling, slick-talking significant other. Cole trying to rein in Mama Payne, his mother, and another elderly woman when they start arguing, only for Mama Payne to threaten to hit him, followed by his mother chiding him for speaking disrespectfully to Mama Payne. Martin hollering about how there aren't any black people present and yelling for "my Latino brothers," complete with going "Andale! not only did the jury decided his fate three hours earlier, but the court fees he's ordered to pay cost more than the original ticket itself, get knocked out of his shoes (and both were left on the ropes), deciding to sleep on the couch when Gina grows tired of his bad dreams, by telling him she sometimes walks around naked, The lights going off at Martin's apartment right after he tells Gina that they need at least 30 days before they do anything, Martin tries to blame Gina for everything they were doing, decides to make a quick break from the apartment, Cole pours a ridiculous amount out for the "homies" who have died, finish working together to expose Monique, an angry, growling, barely-understandable voice. Martin trying to revive the supposedly dead plumber by using a plunger. Martin's reaction to listening to Gina's mother's attorney's phone message (which leads him to assume Gina is planning to divorce him) is to cry "Mama! We then cut to later, where Gina is again throwing pillows and a blanket on the couch as Martin attempts to explain himself. Martin couldn't kick him off the stage fast enough. ", As for Cole, we only get a tone, followed by a "the number you reached is unavailable" message, followed by "No new random thought available.". Martin: Martin Lawrence. After the woman explains she's recovering from a cold, Tommy brushes off her explanation before getting up and giving everyone else in the green room a, Varnell going off on Martin for crashing his show and generally being a "pain in my ass since this whole thing started.". Pam: Tichina Arnold. ", Tommy then mentions that Ricky had a brother named Tito"'Pretty Tito' what they called him.". Stan then points out that can't be proven. Star of the sleazy show Cole used to watch. with a raised fist. @tv / movies. After Gina forces him to take back the Hoshitashi, Martin is then seen watching the Bitch 200 with Tommy and Cole. Pam telling Cole to get away from her after he doesn't get the suggestion that Martin and Gina want to have sex. Martin rudely heading to the head of the line, even pushing a man out of his way. When Cameron's mother finds that her son is wearing a kitchen rag as a diaper, we cut to Tommy holding up his fist and saying "That's from the motherland! Mr. Booker: Jeris Lee Poindexter. When Pam comes by the apartment to pick Gina up for work, this exchange follows: Pam then fawns over Cameron, then remarks to Martin how nice he is to let Cameron use his bed. Gina and Martin invest all their bread in a restaurant that becomes more popular than they anticipated. Mama Payne calling up to Martin from downstairs, telling him not to waste time with "that apple-headed heifer" and saying "I gots to get me a window seat!". After the cult leader turns out to be a nymphomaniac and offers a captive Martin to search her for the key, Martin notes he's never going to find it. Martin calling Pam "Grizzly Adams" and commenting on how he thought horses could smell their way to water. The episode ends with Dr. Gina finding one of her old sweaters and complaining about how Pam had it the whole time, much to Martin's annoyance. Show more Instead, he hums a theme tune. Hemphill returned to Asheville two years later and got a job in a factory manufacturing nylons. Gina then says she's going to kill Martin and leaves, Pam following her. Martin voicing blame of Pam for Alesha's lateness for the audition, comparing Pam to a rooster. Martin banging a pot to wake Gina up. Tommy offers to get her something, and Cole offers "straitjacket," prompting an angry reaction from Pam. He was originally going to voice The Grizz in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013) but left during pre-production of the game with Fred Tatasciore replacing him. At dinner, Taheim angrily questions the others about why a dish has to be called "black-eyed peas" and stalks off. Martin banging Reverend Love's gavel on his desk so hard, he breaks it, after Love refuses to change the certificate. Otis waking up Gina and Pam who are sleeping on the couch. Martin's overbearing, overdramatic mother. Martin acting like a child when Gina has to leave town for business, and him blaming Pam when she comes to the apartment to collect Gina and breaks up an affectionate moment between the couple. Everything Taheim, Pam's militant black supremacist boyfriend, does in this episode. Martin asking Gina if she thinks anyone else in the restaurant noticed what happened, to which Gina lists everything that happened and confirms yes, everyone else noticed. Cole's account doesn't even involve Martin and Gina at all; it just involves him making out with Pam. Gina: Tisha Campbell. [8] The series debuted on ABC on January 8, 1980, but failed to attract a sufficient audience. Pam reacting in disgust after Martin and Gina make up and everyone else in the room applauds. Archibald then comes back, tells Martin he "put accounting in check," and points to a stunned man holding his eye. Andale!" Gina and Pam return to the league to find the women having a party. 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