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Harkening back to yesterdayâs âguestâ strip, I present this quote from Shabazz K. Morton (Eddie Murphy) with âBlack History Minuteâ skit from SNL, flubs and all:
âHello, my name is Professor Shabazz K. Morton. In 1895, at the Tuskagee Institute in Alabama, a black man named George Washington Carver developed a new method of soul.. soil.. improvement through crop rotation.. [ a couple of audience members snicker at Murphyâs blooper, causing him to break character ] So I messed up â SHUT UP! [ adjusting his shades so he can read the cue cards ] Stop clapping before yâall make me smile! [ back in character ] ..to end the South African cultural dependence on cotton alone. As a result, Carver came up with hundreds of industrial uses for the peanut. Sure, industrial uses.
âOne night, heâs having a few friends over to his house for dinner. And one of them leans over and says to Dr. Carver, âExcuse me, George? Whatâs that your putting on your bread?â Carver says, âOh, thatâs nothing but a butter substitute that I made from peanuts. I canât digest all that animal fat, you know.â So the other fellow tasted it, and he says, âHmm.. this pastes pretty.. this tastes..â [ the audience again laughs at Murphyâs blooper, causing him to break character again ] Yeah? Keep on smiling. [ back in character ] âThis tastes pretty good, man. Mind if we take a peek at the recipe?â And Dr. Carver says, "Take a peek? Man, you can have it. Whoâs gonna eat butter made out of peanuts? No, Iâm working on a method to compress peanuts into phonograph needles.
âSo, Professor Carverâs two dinner guests.. [ Murphy removes his shades for better cue card reading ] ..Edward âSkippyâ Williamson and Frederick âJifâ Armstrong â two white men â stole George Washington Carverâs recipe for peanut butter, copyrighted it, and reaped untold fortunes from it. While Dr. Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut.
This has been âBlack History Minuteâ. Iâm Professor Shabazz K. Morton. Good night. "
StoicLion1973 over 13 years ago
Harkening back to yesterdayâs âguestâ strip, I present this quote from Shabazz K. Morton (Eddie Murphy) with âBlack History Minuteâ skit from SNL, flubs and all:
âHello, my name is Professor Shabazz K. Morton. In 1895, at the Tuskagee Institute in Alabama, a black man named George Washington Carver developed a new method of soul.. soil.. improvement through crop rotation.. [ a couple of audience members snicker at Murphyâs blooper, causing him to break character ] So I messed up â SHUT UP! [ adjusting his shades so he can read the cue cards ] Stop clapping before yâall make me smile! [ back in character ] ..to end the South African cultural dependence on cotton alone. As a result, Carver came up with hundreds of industrial uses for the peanut. Sure, industrial uses.
âOne night, heâs having a few friends over to his house for dinner. And one of them leans over and says to Dr. Carver, âExcuse me, George? Whatâs that your putting on your bread?â Carver says, âOh, thatâs nothing but a butter substitute that I made from peanuts. I canât digest all that animal fat, you know.â So the other fellow tasted it, and he says, âHmm.. this pastes pretty.. this tastes..â [ the audience again laughs at Murphyâs blooper, causing him to break character again ] Yeah? Keep on smiling. [ back in character ] âThis tastes pretty good, man. Mind if we take a peek at the recipe?â And Dr. Carver says, "Take a peek? Man, you can have it. Whoâs gonna eat butter made out of peanuts? No, Iâm working on a method to compress peanuts into phonograph needles.
âSo, Professor Carverâs two dinner guests.. [ Murphy removes his shades for better cue card reading ] ..Edward âSkippyâ Williamson and Frederick âJifâ Armstrong â two white men â stole George Washington Carverâs recipe for peanut butter, copyrighted it, and reaped untold fortunes from it. While Dr. Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut.
This has been âBlack History Minuteâ. Iâm Professor Shabazz K. Morton. Good night. "