JenisFamous.Com, The Blog of Grammatically Obsessed Comedian Jennifer Dziura: my favorite fashion trend

January 29, 2007

my favorite fashion trend

You know what I freakin' love? Black guys in fur coats. I don't know who started this, but I want to see more.

2 Comments:

Matt Penn said...: INT. THE GLITZY SET OF "WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?" - DAY

MATT PENN is going for the million dollars. . .

REGIS: Welcome back! Matt, you're doing great. You've got five hundred thousand dollahs and you're goin' for a million. Still have one lifeline left. Are you ready to play "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

ME: Yes, Regis, I am.

REGIS: Okay. (reading question) "Which of the following men was responsible for introducing the 'black man in a fur' look?" A) Joe Frazier. B) Joe Namath. C) The Artist Once Again Known As Prince. D) Duke Ellington?

ME: Wow! That's a hard one. (thinking aloud) Well, I'm not sure that Joe Frazier did not copy his look from the other Frazier. . .

REGIS: Clyde?

ME: Right. I remember going to the Knick games as a kid, and one time my father and I saw Walt Frazier at the Carnegie Deli, of all places. . .

REGIS: They named a sandwich after him.

MATT: Boy, this is tough. . .

REGIS: You still have a lifeline, if. . .

ME: Namath is the right time period. . .

REGIS: He played for Bear Bryant at Alabama in the mid-60s.

ME: Yeah. He did. And he was also the Jets quarterback, and he wore his white ermine on the sidelines at Shea Stadium, I remember. C) is definitely wrong, because Barry White was around long before Prince. And Duke Ellington was before both of them, although I seem to recall seeing a photo of him taken by Elliot Erwin where he's wearing a PETA ribbon. I think it was the pink one. . .

REGIS: That's for breast cancer. . .

ME: Right. Sure. It is. I should know that. We all should. (agonizing) Gee, this is a hard one. Black men in furs. Black men in furs. (clearly perplexed) Regis, I think I'd like to phone my dealer.

REGIS: We'll get Rob on the line. . .

Sound of phone being dialed, then a voice answering.

ROBBIE: Yo!

REGIS: Robert, this is Regis Philbin from "Millionaire". I have Matt with me. . .

ROBBIE: Hey, dude! Whassup?

REGIS: Matt is going for the million dollars, and he has a question for you. Here he is. . .

MATT: Bro, who was the first black guy to wear a fur? A) Smokin' Joe Frazier. B) Broadway Joe Namath. C) Prince. D) Duke Ellington.

ROBBIE: (laughing) It sure as [bleep] ain't Prince! Luther Vandross was around long before. . .

MATT: Twenty-seconds. . .

ROBBIE: Jeeze. I woulda guessed either Huggy Bear or Mr. Big. . .

MATT: Antonio Fargas and Yaphet Kotto aren't among the choices, Robbie. Joe Frazier, Namath, or Duke Ellington. . .

ROBBIE: Go with Willie Whiteshoes.

MATT: You sure?

The line goes dead.

MATT: Regis, I am going to go for it and guess C) Joe Namath.

REGIS: Final answer?

MATT: Yes. Final answer. . .

FADE TO BLACK; 3:01 PM
Savvy1007 said...: Yo mama... Pimps started that trend... Along with the feather in the purple fedora... 'Cause sometimes life ain't so hard for a pimps!!! just for the hoes...; 4:13 PM