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Zoom out from this joke, and you get Martin Lawrence you get the relaxation of the Original Kings of Comedy, Steve Harvey, D.L. The joke, like all the jokes, is a best, weightless item - a comedic disco ball that appears fantastic but is totally hollow within. This 1 joke broke Foxworthy into the mainstream, introduced a merchandising bonanza, and spawned the Blue Collar Comedy Tour - not to point out the rooster-fried, very low-brow comedic aesthetic affiliated with the troupe. His most direct comedic descendant is in all probability Doug Stanhope, but his frame of mind of fury impressed a technology of satirists of all stripes. On an episode of "WTF," Chris Rock explained his drive to be on In Living Color instead of SNL: "I required to be in an surroundings the place I didn’t have to translate the comedy I wished to do." It was the setting in which Kim Wayans was capable to play Benita Butrell, an more mature, black neighborhood gossip, whose comedian hook was not based mostly on her being black nor female. Even if the dearth of commonality of experiences, references, and cultural tropes established a chasm concerning what In Living Color was carrying out and what mainstream sketch-comedy audiences experienced arrive to count on, the show’s tenure and recognition narrowed the gap ample for creators of color to make art that is now, rightfully, considered common.