Bernice: Kymberly Newberry. Gina challenges Pam to say she's crazy, and Pam denies it. Pam acting like she's going to be sick after witnessing a romantic moment between Martin and Gina. Never will., When he asked Hemphill how he could pay her back, she goes, Look, I just want you to help some other young comic out. Richard Pryor helped her out. Waters cracks his back. . Gina: Tisha Campbell. Luis muses over how he can't wait for the wedding to be over so he can "knock her boots from here to Albuquerque. Answer: Detroit The show began in Detroit, but later was set in Chicago. Martin hires an attractive maid, Ebony, whom Tommy and Cole drool over. We only saw her a handful of times, but she killed it every time she stepped on the screen. Bruh Man, dressed in sweats, entering Martin and Gina's apartment and fixing himself a sandwich while Martin and Gina are in the back. ", Pam going crazy over seeing who she thinks is. Singer Babyface has a cameo. Gina then says she's going to kill Martin and leaves, Pam following her. When Michaelangelo objects to being kicked out of his gallery, Martin and Pam share a snicker before chorusing "Somebody done told him wrong!" When Gina worries Pam's going to be killed, Martin assures her by saying a cat has nine lives. Tommy: Thomas Mikal Ford. Cole commenting that Gina didn't look pregnant the day before after Martin shows him and Tommy the baby. When Martin introduces the twin maids to his friends, Cole jokingly asks if they have a brother named "Jett. Instead she auditioned and won the role of waitress Shirley Wilson on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!. Mrs. Whitmore: Ethel Ayler. after Ruby dies due to Gina leaving the window open. Now can you do a pigeon so I can run over it with my car? When Pam tells Martin to stop talking so she can watch a soap opera on TV, Martin tells her to turn it off because "I hate to see a grown man cry.". The judge saying he never wants to see any of the people involved in the case again. At dinner, Taheim angrily questions the others about why a dish has to be called "black-eyed peas" and stalks off. Martin and Gina try to enjoy their respective bachelor parties, but find themselves imagining married life five years down the road. But. Sheneneh offers to give Gina some replacement tickets in exchange for Pam singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." Martin fancies himself a smooth-talking, saxophone-playing ladies man with a large black hat. When Ricky confesses the credit card is stolen, Martin goes "Aw, damn!" [4], In the series' second season, Fred Berry and Ernest Thomas staged a walkout over conditions in their dressing rooms which they said were unsuitable. When you add the size component, the result is a dehumanizing performance of disgust, shame, and malice towards fat Black women. And Pam commenting on how the rock looks bored. Show more There's also the nun seeing through Martin's attempt to bribe her for the cuckoo clock. Martin getting into a heated argument with Bobbi, ending with him telling the women (sans Thomasina) to, As Thomasina goes into labor, a panicking Martin rushes to the door, pokes his head out, and calls "Bobbi, I need another man!". Sheneneh then sits down, puts on some googles, pulls out a sander, and goes to work, all the while Myra reacts in delight. The following year, Hemphill was cast in her own sitcom, One in a Million. So I went, like, broke. While the gang is discussing Ricky's brother who lost both hands to a firecracker Ricky gave him, Martin comments that you don't need hands to play football and mimics how a hand-less man would do so, much to everyone's amusement. When the DMV clerk points to where Martin has to go, Martin looks and spots the "From Scratch" line, where a few people wave at him. Later, Tommy checks the woman's neck and notes it looks swollen. 9.1k. Cole's stomach growling "Time to roll, Cole!" Martin asking everyone to say "Bye, my mama's bird," which everyone does. ", Tommy then mentions that Ricky had a brother named Tito"'Pretty Tito' what they called him.". and then adjusting his underwear as he walks off to the "From Scratch" line. When Tommy and Pam explain what's really going on. [1], An aspiring stand-up comedian, Hemphill sent a cassette tape of one of her comedy routines to Flip Wilson. After Cameron spits up and Martin assures his friends it's nothing to be concerned about, Cole replies that he's going to have to leave if Cameron's head starts spinning like in. The three friends ending up falling on top of each other in an attempt to catch the mouse. Watson: Georg Stanford Brown. Martin's expression when Gina tells him they're at the wrong address. L'il Dawg: Adrian Tibbs. When it's Pam's day to drive the car, Officer Otis overreacts to her being parked in an unauthorized spot, and he proceeds to shatter one of the windows with his nightstick before jumping up and down on the car. Fortunately, they find the pin and put it back in. Martin reading the note from his mother warning him about Gina, complete with an image of Mama Payne reading the note aloud, even telling her son to "Turn over the note!" He then tells Cole to remind him to "give you an ass-whupping later," to which Cole takes out a pen and paper and asks "What time's good for you?" TV Shows. Tommy offers to set Cole up with a job at his workplace, and he tells Cole to wear a suit, a tieand a blindfold. Sheneneh's spoiler of the movie is just as funny: It involves dinosaurs coming by and doing a drive-by. and abruptly ending the brief call. After the show's cancellation, Hemphill returned to stand-up comedy and also made occasional appearances in films and television until her death in December 1999. Gina: Tisha Campbell. One of the most underrated characters in the Martin universe, Sheneneh's friend's ability to be impossibly loud was truly amazing. Bernice: Kymberly Newberry. Loud, unapologetic, independent, and fabulous, Martin's entrepreneurial neighbor had a big mouth and a big personality to match. Black Instagram comedians use Black women as characters so much that its not uncommon for them to be hired to promote weave companies. Luckily, Tommy gets free and exits Sheneneh's apartment just as Martin shows up. Martin and Gina rushing their friends out of the apartment so they can have sex before it turns midnight. Cue Martin telling Pam, Tommy, and Cole to, Martin childishly suggesting that Gina should ", When Cole reveals he told his mother about Martin's financial situation much to Martin's consternation, Tommy laments that "telling your mother is like putting it on Arsenio the night Eddie's on!". May she forever rest in peace after the beautiful job shes done. Martin wins the lottery and celebrates with a shopping spree. They are both frozen, the gang grabs it from him and then drop it, only for it to. Martin's fake laughter when Ricky tries to cozy up to Gina. Gina's attempts to keep Martin from finding out about the boot on her car, not knowing Martin already knows. From Bruh-Man on the 5th floor to Cole Brown's love of his mysterious and overweight girlfriend, Big Shirley, all the characters made the show a classic. Martin going berserk on a dummy while demonstrating to Gina, Tommy, and Cole how to fight a burglar. Cole casually tossing Ruby's dead body into a box Martin is holding before Martin and Gina leave to find a replacement. ", run around the apartment, put on a jacket, grab his and Gina's wedding photo, and run out the apartment. Casey { relativeTimeResolver(1585406971030) }} LIVE Points 27. It turns out to be a dream Pam is having. You can, Martin tries using a stuffed dog to try and intimidate his friends, with little success. When Gina goes around collecting Martin's stuff in her apartment, Martin asks her if he did something wrong. Sheneneh and her friends taunting another driver while Tommy's giving them a ride. After Tommy leaves in a hurry because he's late for work, Martin slaps the closed door and says ". David Allan Grier shone with a couple of appearances as Pam's sleazy, sanctified cousin. The two give Sheneneh a, As the gang sits in Martin's apartment and braves the cold, Martin says they're all men and "There's only one woman here and that's my baby. Martin then asks Gina if she's ever been to the unemployment office, and she replies "Hell, no, I got a job." Cole then says he must be thinking about. Network/Country Martin's speech to the other prisoners, while wearing Shebazz's. Cue Ebony's twin sister, Essence, coming out. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Martin taking on a woman in a game of pool, Tommy and Cole giving different answers to Martin's (false) question about how many thugs he fought, prompting Martin to berate them in, Cole screws it up completely when he mentions that he, Martin, and Tommy "jumped into the mothership!" Gina gives Cole "missing" posters of Martin, and Cole looks at the picture and says he looks familiar, causing an annoyed Gina to tell him it's Martin. Gina: Tisha Campbell. IMDb After Gina makes him promise to not tell anyone about her supposed pregnancy, we cut to Martin at Nipsy's, smoking a cigar and boasting of his reproductive prowess. Cole: Carl Anthony Payne II. Cole realizing that there's more than one hospital in Detroit, much to Martin and Gina's annoyance. It's funnier when you remember his line about "coming up into people's apartments unannounced will surely get a cap in yo' ass!". ", "See, that's why I didn't call you, 'cause your attitude! When did Shirley Vance Martin die? The ending reveals that Martin kept the weave. His response? Pam: Tichina Arnold. Tommy and Cole tumbling into Martin's apartment through the window. You probably ain't even got no job!". Guest stars That line then gets thrown at him by Bruh Man, of all people, when Martin arrives at the TV studio and finds, to his apparent annoyance, that his neighbor is the other interviewee. entitled What's Happening Now! After finding that his wallet was stolen, Martin is forced to start from scratch. Big Shirley was Cole's overweight girlfriend. sections: hiphop 516 on now. Two years later she co-starred in her second movie, Shoot the Moon, starring Whitney Anderson. Big Red from The Five Heartbeats) character. Pam then steps up and tells Martin that Gina was going to tell him about her pay raise, then mockingly assures him it'll happen for him and tells him to "Keep hope alive, my brother" with a raised fist. He's later seen doing army-style marches in the background. She was only in one episode, but it was one of the most memorable, featuring the beautiful Beverly Johnson at her seductive best. The day after losing the role, Hemphill was offered the starring role in her own sitcom One in a Million. Dr. Martin freaking out over the price for Gina's engagement ring. [2][3], By 1976, Hemphill's stand-up routine started to get noticed and caught the attention of casting agent Joan Murray. Martin's wary look as Gina slices knives together. Martin making a mountain out of a molehill over Gina borrowing money from Cole while the gang's playing a game. When the gang (sans Martin) returns to Pam's apartment, it turns out Cole has been injected with a tranquilizer back at the mental hospital. Friendly comments on how milk did her good. Waters: J.A. He eventually gets all the men in the restaurant to leave with him. Martin and Cole's relationship is also severely tried in the Season 3 episode "C.R.E.A.M." Film and TV . Her reaction to finding out Martin is in jail, followed by asking what he did and "Who'd he kill? Shirley Ann Hemphill Shirley Ann Hemphill (July 1, 1947 - December 10, 1999) was an American stand-up comedian and actress. To top everything off, the episode ends with. Martin finding out that the clock wasn't made by Benjamin Banneker, but Benjamin. Dr. Skyhook asking Gina if she was in the accident because her head looks swollen. When Tommy tries to dismiss the "falling can" episode as coincidence, Martin insisting to Tommy that the cans were identical. Tommy commenting that if Cole keeps following island women around, they'll throw him into a volcano. Mr. Jim: John Wesley. Martin then tells Stan he gave his boss the flu, the boss died of pneumonia and left the station to Stan. Martin and Pam's reaction to kissing each other during their "wedding.". When the mouse ends up in Cole's jean pocket, Cole starts whining and Martin tells him to be a man, then. The guys then tell Shanise to handle Tammy, but, Tammy then flees Pam's apartment, yelling for "Scotty! The episode ends with the gang sitting down to watch a boxing matchwhich ends in a span of. After Martin hits Lonnie, he cries for Gina to hold him. [3] Murray cast Hemphill in a guest role on Good Times which led to another guest starring role on All's Fair. 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