THANKS FOR BEING HERE, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
"BLACK-ISH" HAS WON A PEABODY AWARD.
>> YES, SIR, YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS.
>> Stephen: PEABODY'S ARE THE BEST.
THEY'RE BETTER THAN ANYING AWARD.
>> HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE?
I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY I NEED TO GET.
>> Stephen: I HAVE FOUR.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING FOR ME TO SAY THAT WITHOUT YOU ASKING.
>> THAT'S WHY I LED IN.
SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW OUT THERE WHAT YOU DO.
I HAVE TWO.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TWO.
>> I HAVE TWO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
THAT'S NOT EASY.
>> IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING ME TO THROW OUT THAT I HAVE TWO
WITHOUT ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
HOW MANY GRAMMYS NOW?
>> 62.
>> Stephen: OKAY, GREAT.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WELL, I HAD LAURENCE FISHBURNE ON THE SHOW A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I ASKED HIM A QUESTION I'D REICH TO
THROW AT YOU.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK AND BLACK-ISH?
>> MMM.
THE HUE OF THE PERSON'S SKIN.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
NOT AS BLACK?
>> NOT AS BLACK.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO BE BLACK TO BE BACK-ISHTHAT'S NOT
WHAT LAURENCEMEAN SAID I HAD A SHOT AT BLACKISHNESS.
I HAD A SHOT.
>> WITH A BAND LIKE THAT, ARE YOU ALL THE WAY BLACK, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
I THINK THAT'S WHY.
I THINK HE KIND OF SAID THE SAME THING THAT I WAS GETTING A BIT
OF A CONTACT BLACK.
>> YEAH, CONTACT BLACK.
LIKE A CONTACT HIGH, CONTACT BLACK.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
>> YOU CAN ROLL THROUGH THE 'HOOD BECAUSE OF YOUR BAND.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: I SHOULD MAYBE CARRY A PICTURE WITH ME OF MY--
"THIS IS MY BAND!
IT'S ALL COOL!
IT'S ALL COOL!" >> AND YOU'LL GET A PASS.
>> Stephen: I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU SAID THE BLACK-ISH PULLS
BACK THE VAIL ON BEING BLACK FOR AMERICA.
>> YEAH, SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY-- YOU KNOW, IT COMES FROM OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT'S LIKE, YO, MAN, YOU SHOWING TOO MUCH.
WE'RE GIVING THEM A PEEK INTO OUR WORLD AND OUR LIFE AND
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> Stephen: REALLY, PEOPLE SAY YOU SHOW TOO MUCH?
>> YEAH, LIKE WE DID AN EPISODE "THE NOD."
>> Stephen: WHAT IS "THE NOD?" >> YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED YOUR
BAND AND THEY COME IN AT EACH OTHER AND THEY SEE BLACK PEOPLE
AND THEY JUST LIKE... THAT'S THE NOD.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE NOD?
IS THAT TRUE, JON?
>> SEE, THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO.
>> Stephen: IF I DO THAT-- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT IF I WAS
HOLDING A PICTURE OF MY BAND.
>> HOLING A PICTURE OF YOUR BAND, YOU'RE COOL.
>> Stephen: IS THAT LIKE MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS THAT KIND OF
GIVE THEMSELVESES THIS WHEN THEY DRIVE DOWN, THEY SAY HI TO EACH
OTHER OR THE JEEP WE'VE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT A BLACK GUY IN A JEEP CHE WAVE AND NOD
AT THE SAME TIME?
>> OH, YOU'RE GETTING COMPLICATED.
>> Stephen: SORRY.
>> YOU'RE GETTING COMPLICATED.
BUT THE NOD CAME ABOUT, CAMMIE BARIS, WHO IS MY PARTNER THIS
SHOULD ADVENTURE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STUDIO LOT ONE DAY
WITH A BUNCH OF WHITE EXECUTIVES AND HE WOULD PASS A BROTHER AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE BROTHER AND THE BROTHER ACKNOWLEDGED HIM AND A
FEW BROTHERS WALKED BY.
ANDUN SOME WHITE GUYS WALKED BY AND THE WHITE GUYS DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WHITE GUYS.
SO THEY SAID, "MAN, YOU KNOW ALL THOSE BROTHERS?"
AND HE SAID, "NO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ARE, BUT IT'S JUST THE
UNIVERSAL WAY OF SAYING HELLO TO ANOTHER BROTHER WHEN YOU PASS
HIM ON THE STREET."
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY PLEASANT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW, I'M GUESSING-- I'M GUESSING THE PHRASE "THAT'S VERY
PLEASANT" IS NOT BLACK-ISH.
>> FAR FROM IT, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO GUESS.
>> SOMEBODY JUST TOOK A PICTURE OF YOUR BAND AND RIPPED IT UP IN
YOUR FACE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF "BLACK-ISH," A CLIP OF
"BLACK-ISH" FROM THIS SEASON.
THIS IS AN UPCOMING CLIP, I THINK.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: THIS IS AN HOMAGE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO "GOOD
TIMES."
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
AFTERWARDS.
>> OKAY, COOL.
>> DADDY, I'M PREGNANT.
>> OH, THELMA!
>> I'M GOING TO NEED MORE RED PAINT.
>> WHITE JESUS, WHITE JESUS, YOU HAVE FORSAKEN ME.
>> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
>> MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE IS
CLEARLY ONLY ONE BED IN HERE THAT WE ALL SLEEP IN.
>> OKAY, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE.
>> BOY, DO YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT IT MEANS TO
HAVE A CHILD?
>> DID YOU EVEN CONSIDER THE COST.
THE DIAPERS, THE FORMULA, THE MEDICAL-- SHOTS!
>> WE'LL SKIP THE SHOTS.
>> WE SKIPPED THE SHOTS WITH J.J.
>> WE'LL NEED THE SHOTS.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: DOES "BLACK-ISH" OWE A DEBT TO "GOOD TIMES?"
>> YEAH, BECAUSE "GOOD TIMES" WAS BLARK UNAPOLOGETICALLY
BLACK.
NO, IT'S A SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP ON WATCHING.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: IT WAS J.J., OF COURSE, THE DINE-O-MITE KID
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU USED TO CALL HIM GROWING UP.
>> Stephen: HE WAS THE DINO MIGHT KIT KID.
>> THE DINO MIGHT KID, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
>> LET ME HEAR YOU SAY DINO MIGHT.
DO DINO MIGHT LIKE J.J. J.
>> Stephen: I NEED A BIGGER MOUTH, DINO MIGHT!
>> WHAT YOU NEED YOU NEED A BIGGER MOUTH, STEPHEN.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT JIMMY J.J. WALKER.
>> Stephen: HE HAD A LARGE MOUTH.
HE HAS A LARGE MOUTH.
>> YOU COULD DRAW A FREIGHT TRAIN THROUGH THAT.
>> Stephen: I'LL GIVE YOU A J.J. WALKER.
"J., J., WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?"
"I FOUND THIS."
>> I WANTED YOU TO DO THIS.
>> Stephen: DINO MIGHT.
>> THERE YOU GO!
THERE YOU GO!
HE GOT IT BLACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S TRUE, IT'S
TRUE.
>> NOW YOU ARE STRUTTING AROUND LIKE A PEACOCK.
HEY!
>> Stephen: I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
NORMAN LEAR DID NOT WRITE THAT LINE.