You know we effs with JB Smoove (in fact, dude’s the star of our latest Soundboard), and in addition to his continuing hilarious work on Curb Your Enthusiasm, we were psyched to see that West Coast fast food chain Carl’s Jr. has hired JB as the spokesman in their new ad campaign.
Truth is though, we’ve been fans of Carl’s Jr.’s ads (and those of its East Coast brotha company Hardee’s) for years now—they’ve always combined hot chicks (or at least witty jokes) with burger porn in a way that makes us hungry every time. To celebrate JB’s new work with the company, we decided to go back in the vault and find the 10 best Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s commercials of all time. Bon appetit!
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Well, it was fun (not funny, just fun) while it lasted. This week we learned that CNN and Comedy Central handed pink slips to D.L. Hughley and David Alan Grier, respectively, pulling the plug on both D.L. Hughley Breaks the News and Chocolate News by the end of the month. And while we loved the idea of having two late night news commentary shows hosted by two funny black guys, the shows just weren’t good.
It seemed like D.L. put more time into his outfit than his jokes, and D.A.G.’s writing team seemed like they haven’t left their homes since In Living Color was still on TV. That said, we think if CNN or Comedy Central really wanted to hear what the other half thinks about what’s going on in the world, there are a lot of other black comedians they should have called on….
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