The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)

Director:

Spike Lee

Writers:

Cedric the Entertainer (writer)
Steve Harvey (writer)

Release Date:

18 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Tagline:

We Got Jokes.

Plot:

A concert film featuring four major African American stand up comedians.

Plot Keywords:

African American | Concert Film | The Matrix | Stuttering | Racial Overtones

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Steve Harvey	...	Himself
D.L. Hughley	...	Himself
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Himself
Bernie Mac	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Kings of Comedy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sex related humor.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (video rating) | Australia:MA | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Charlotte Coliseum - 100 Paul Buck Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Company:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Trivia:

Spike Lee shot the film on digital video over two nights.

Quotes:

Steve Harvey: When you go to church that much when you're a kid, you don't really care for church that much. So what you got to do is find little things to like about church, that make you want to go. And the one thing I liked about my church might seem a little strange to you. But the one thing that made me want to go all the time was when I found out that there was people that cussed at the church. That might not do it for y'all, but dammit, that done it for me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Boondocks: Return of the King (#1.9)" (2006)

How DARE they?!

"I like Black people, okay? I talk to Terrence at my job sometimes, and I even liked Urkel on 'Family Matters.' I don't understand why these particular Black guys have to get up on stage and tell jokes about race, which I understand to be racist. I don't think their jokes about Black churches or Black families are funny. It's not just because I've never experienced either, it's because I have simply deemed them unfunny. Who cares if they were the biggest selling tour in America for several years? I never heard of them, so they must not be relevant. They probably all portray drug dealers on their TV shows. I know funny. Jerry Seinfeld, Dane Cook, Gallagher and... Richard Pryor (only because he's dead) are it. These filthy negroes are NOT it. It's okay when George Carlin or Jon Stewart curse, but when these guys do it, it's profane. To sum up: Andrew Dice Clay = good, a bunch of Black guys = terrible. BONUS!!! Spike Lee is involved, so that makes it extra, EXTRA racist. Not that he wrote one word of this movie, a CONCERT film, but it just always comforts me to call him a racist because he talks about non-white things. If it ain't white, it ain't right." Sincerely, The Authors of the First Twenty Comments on This Movie