Paul Mooney Doesn't Think Barack Obama Will Be President | Letterman 

Totally 💯

So true

"I'm not through with Bush."

He did. And, the beauty of Dave is he was gracious enough to give him a wide berth. That’s why Dave is also a legend. He doesn’t mind allowing his guests to shine.

It's 2024- the first I've heard of him! Interesting man and good comedian.😂😂😂

This is also a form of interview where most of the time the comedian/legend doesn't have anything to sell, like a show or movie. The host says come on the show and you can do a stand-up but sitting down. Look at some old Johnny Carson. He did this with Don Rickles and others I can't remember right now. Taking over the show while on the couch riffing and joking

its all about drive my bro

His IQ was stupid high lol he responded to all the questions without dave asking. He was an important part of black history.

@@FATMAN162x He had a high IQ??? He got the Presidential prediction wrong

​​​​​​​​​​@@nymike06 Not to mention that the title of his book has at least one easily proven factual error. The one concerning Cleopatra, which is laughably ignorant. NO reputable historian would agree with that. She wasn't even ethnically Egyptian, but of Greek Macedonian descent from the line of Ptolemy. He was one of Alexander the Great's generals who took over the Egyptian portion of Alexander's empire which was split into thirds after his death.

Before we mourn him too greatly look into the accusations about from Richard Pryor Jr.

@@BoogieKnight815 No one cares. Shut up.

I love him🙏🫡 respect

@@BoogieKnight815 That will stop mourning????

Why was it insane? Was it a favourite song of his or something?

@@electricmaster23 The joke could be that Paul’s DVD was named “Know Your History.”

Anyone who doesn't know that Cleopatra wasn't ethnically Egyptian but was of Macedonian Greek descent DOESN'T know much about history...

@@gregking2571 dude, you must be lost…

@@FizzgigMcarthur How so? Paul Mooney claimed that Cleopatra was black in the title of his 2007 "Know Your History" stand up comedy show. This is laughably ignorant. Egypt had been part of Alexander the Great's empire. When he died his empire was split into thirds, leaving his three most loyal generals in control of each portion. Control of Egypt was given to a general named Ptolemy who's dynasty ruled there for the next three centuries until it was annexed into the Roman empire. Cleopatra was the last of Ptolemy's line in power, she had no 'native' Egyptian or Sub-Saharan African ancestry whatsoever. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was an ancient Greek state based in Egypt during the Hellenistic Period. You or anyone else can very easily do a web search and read the historical facts about Cleopatra and Ptolemaic Egypt for yourself, Mr. Weinberg...

Yes so true may his soul rest in Heaven

He wrote a lot of Richard Pryor's material 😊

Definitely true

No one ever was.

He flew under radar his whole career. He was a writer for Richard Pryor in the 70's, in the 90's he invented a character for that show "In Living Color" (a show you should watch which launched Jim Carrey to fame) and then he was on Chappelle's Show. Other than an appearance in a Spike Lee movie, he was underground all the time. That's why he made an album called "Too Black For Hollywood"

Also a key,writer in Blazing Saddles and Playboy after dark...

Do some Homework he is a legend

That’s a good question.

Of course you never heard of him because he speaks truth. Look up James Baldwin too, he was active during MLK & Malcom X. Yet not many know who he is because he speaks truth. People like that can spot machinations a mile away.

He noted that it was Felicia's quip, he just repeated it for the mic

@@TheGreatAtario Maybe she did, but Mooney wasn't buying that.

@@TheGreatAtario who's Felicia?

@@CeaSeMusic1 Guitarist

Yep true

"rarely"

True. But I give him credit: Wayne Brady still makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

​@@DanStrayerso true lol

Black don't Crack!!

@@terryhill4732 Unless you on crack! lol

He looks like he’s in his late 40s

That ish was hilarious😂😂😂😂

Facts

How? I heard nothing resembling that here

Ooo pls

Its spelled "Mahooney"

Yeah they blackballed Whoopi for her going at bush

@R A R Sorry pal, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. 🤷

He was Richard Pryor’s best friend and occasional co-writer, a legend of stand up.

He also portrayed "Negrodamaus" on the hit TV program "Chappelle's Show" which feature well known comedian David Chappelle and aired on comedy central in 2003.

@@BAGAKOOS also co writer for Sanford and son In living Color The Richard Pryor show Good times Etc…

He was right about white people pointing out every little last thing that black people get wrong though. Watch his shows and you'll see he was right about that!!!

@@Wh4L205 Blazing saddles, Playboy after dark...

It seemed impossible at the time . He got everything else right with his commentary 😂

True, but to be fair, no one could’ve seen it coming. No one.

@@1Deep43VA debatable

@@misterbobby8913 who predicted it?

@@1Deep43VA I mean what's the specific question, like in what year to make a prediction?

@@misterbobby8913 It’s rhetorical. No one could’ve. I’m sure there were people who thought Obama wouldn’t make a good President or that they didn’t like him or his politics. But no one could’ve imagined (And I’m speaking solely about the people that believed in him) that Obama, a man who campaigned on Hope would’ve turned his back on it the moment he came into office. Not once but twice. That’s really what my comment was about. And I guess you could say someone somewhere saw it coming, but I find it hard to believe.

Exactly!