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  • Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993)
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    TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary
Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993)
TV-14
TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary

"Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America" is a 1993 documentary that traces the cultural humor of African-Americans dating back to the minstrel shows in the early 1900s to the golden age of black comedies in the 1980s and 1990s. The documentary...See more"Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America" is a 1993 documentary that traces the cultural humor of African-Americans dating back to the minstrel shows in the early 1900s to the golden age of black comedies in the 1980s and 1990s. The documentary premiered February 9, 1993 on HBO. Written by Thiz Markie See less
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Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Steve Orich (as Steven Orich)
Editors
Louise Gallop-Roholt (as Louise M. Gallup) | Wayne Hudgins | David Klandrud | Bob Potter (as Robert Potter)
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Release date
Feb 9, 1993 (United States)
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69 cast members
Name Known for
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Rochester (archive footage) Rochester (archive footage)   See fewer
Pearl Bailey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Louise Beavers
Beulah (archive footage) Beulah (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Bellamy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sandra Bernhard
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Willie Best
Willie (archive footage) Willie (archive footage)   See fewer
Charlie Callas
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Godfrey Cambridge
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jim Carrey
Captain Kirk (archive footage) Captain Kirk (archive footage)   See fewer
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles J. Correll
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Cosby
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Tommy Davidson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles S. Dutton
Self - Narrator (as Charles Dutton) Self - Narrator (as Charles Dutton)   See fewer
Stepin Fetchit
Jeff Poindexter (archive footage) Jeff Poindexter (archive footage)   See fewer
Dusty Fletcher
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Redd Foxx
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Adele Givens
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Whoopi Goldberg
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Freeman F. Gosden
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Dick Gregory
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David Alan Grier
Vulcan (archive footage) Vulcan (archive footage)   See fewer
Eddie Griffin
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Robin Harris
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T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
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George Kirby
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
T.K. Kirkland
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Martin Lawrence
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Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Louis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Hattie McDaniel
Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda (archive footage) Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolphe Menjou
Col. Carleton Carroway (archive footage) Col. Carleton Carroway (archive footage)   See fewer
F.E. Miller
Actor (archive footage) (as Flournoy Miller) Actor (archive footage) (as Flournoy Miller)   See fewer
Norma Miller
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
Olivette Miller
Self - Interviewee (as Olivette Miller-Briggs) Self - Interviewee (as Olivette Miller-Briggs)   See fewer
Rudy Ray Moore
Dolemite (archive footage) Dolemite (archive footage)   See fewer
Tim Moore
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Mantan Moreland
Birmingham Brown / Self (archive footage) Birmingham Brown / Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Eddie Murphy
Self / Stevie Wonder / Jesse Jackson / Velvet Jones (archive footage) Self / Stevie Wonder / Jesse Jackson / Velvet Jones (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Namath
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jesse Owens
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack Paar
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kelly Coffield Park
Actress (archive footage) (as Kelly Coffield) Actress (archive footage) (as Kelly Coffield)   See fewer
Joe Piscopo
Frank Sinatra (archive footage) Frank Sinatra (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Pryor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Tamara Rawitt
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
Della Reese
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Tim Reid
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Jackie Robinson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Timmie Rogers
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Will Rogers
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Nipsey Russell
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Sinbad
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Barbara Stanwyck
Melsa Manton (archive footage) Melsa Manton (archive footage)   See fewer
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
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Alan Thicke
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Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Buckwheat (archive footage) Buckwheat (archive footage)   See fewer
Lily Tomlin
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Marsha Warfield
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Damon Wayans
Self / Minister Louis Farrakan (archive footage) Self / Minister Louis Farrakan (archive footage)   See fewer
Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Bert Williams
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Flip Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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