A couple days ago, just by chance, I found myself on YouTube watching this clip of Damon Wayans explaining his Black History Month video picks. I’m still not entirely sure what the hell it was all about. Maybe I could figure it out if I cared enough to check out his WayoutTV thing… but, I really don’t. I was just caught up in seeing an almost-fifty-year-old guy acting like he’s in his early twenties. Mind you, maybe he pulls it off, no?

Anyway… he mentions a clip of “a pimp teaching watermelon eating etiquette” as one of his Black History Month picks, which caught my attention. Later on he teases it again but never actually shows it, so I looked it up myself. I was expecting a tasteless chuckle, but instead was introduced to Petey Greene.

Pure genius.

After seeing that and immediately acquiring an affinity for this guy, I wanted more. I checked out his Wikipedia entry, then his website where I learned about the recent biopic, Talk To Me, starring Don Cheadle. Tonight I watched that and it was pretty damn great. Check it out. Or don’t. Whatever. I’m typing this mostly because I can’t sleep… and, bleh… I have to be up in a few hours.

“WAKE UP, GOTDAMMIT!”