Why I like Chocolate News more than D.L. breaking the news
There are two TV shows currently skewering news from a black perspective -- David Alan Grier's Chocolate News on Comedy Central and D.L. Hughley Breaks the News on CNN. But only one seems to really nail its targets so far.
To kick off what I hope will be a fun weekend, here are clips from each -- decide for yourselves which works better. (WARNING: The Comedy Central show has some bleeped bad language!) *
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I haven't watched an entire episode of Chocolate news but with what I have caught -- I see vintage "In Living Color" and DAG's "Great Moments in Black History" (I believe that was the skit at least).
I really need to see the full show... I'm pretty sure it'll be better than some of the earlier attempts at new news demographics (Hello David Spade!... and buh-bye thankfully)
Posted by: John | October 31, 2008 at 12:16 PM