Oprah"s Comedy Hour with Dane Cook, Mo"Nique and George Lopez - Show Recap
Original Air Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Oprah's Comedy Hour:
Oprah's comedy hour featured some of the most popular comedians today, including Dane Cook, Mo'Nique, George Lopez and Frangela. Best friend comedy duo Frangela appeared via Skype as commentators during the show.
Dane Cook:
With his high energy, good looks and charm, Dane Cook has become as big as a rock star with 2.4 million friends on MySpace, selling out Madison Square Garden, and recording 2 comedy albums.
Dane shared a story with Oprah of his first time in front of 15,000 people at Boston Garden after working mainly small clubs.
The show didn't go well and the audience ended up throwing lighters and moving on to shoes as Dane progressed. Things obviously improved from there, and Dane spent his entire life savings to create an innovative website for his fans. The investment paid off as Dane has also moving on to acting and was names one of the hottest bachelors of 2007.
Dane does have a special woman in his life right now and joked how they like to role play - especially when he scares her over the phone.
Dane even does an impression of Oprah in his act where he yells "you get a humpback whale" in the same voice O used to give away cars a few seasons ago.
Mo'Nique:
Mo'Nique looked great as she was the next to join Oprah and Dane on stage. Sharing that she has taken up dancing and has fun while she's losing weight, Mo'Nique joked about being able to cross her legs, something she commented is not as easy task for women her size.
Raising 3 year-old twins and 18 year-old son, she now knows that God has a sense of humor since it's very different to raise kids at 41 then when she was in her 20s.
Mo'Nique announced that she will be getting her own talk show on BET beginning in September and has already filmed her pilot. Hoping to make Oprah proud, Mo'Nique first attempted to be a serious interviewer, but soon realized she needed to do her show in her own way. Leading with "what you say goes," Mo'Nique then introduced Oprah to the first tester of her new perfume line - pulling the bottle out of her bra. Saying that if Oprah liked the fragrance, she would be able to get her things out of layaway, Mo'Nique was able to get a laugh and push per product at the same time.
George Lopez:
George Lopez, on his latest tour Tall, Dark and Chicano was next to hit the stage. After calling the 4 of them sitting together the "world's greatest double date," and teasing Mo'Nique by showing Oprah a sample of his new tool line as a joke, George moved on to share the story of how he first got into comedy. Explaining that no one in his family was funny or attractive, George said that he so little he needed to be comedy to get by. Raised by his grandmother, George commented on how differently parents behave with their children today compared to when he was raised.
George will also be getting his own talk show on TBS this fall and shared a clip he filmed with President Barack Obama while campaigning with him.
Frangela & Inspirations:
Checking in via Skype, Oprah asked Frangela to explain their term Afro Saxon - explaining that they have Anglo Saxon tendencies, they provided the example of buying a new VW Jetta, but not carrying insurance.
Oprah moved on to ask the comedians who they found inspiring growing up and Dane Cook responded Steve Martin and his parents, while Mo'Nique shared her love for Richard Prior and the women in her family.
The Daily Show's Samantha Bee:
Fake senior news correspondent, Samantha Bee from The Daily Show provided a segment for the episode poking fun at working mothers with a large number of children - commenting on trying to find balance and being in so many places at once, while wearing headphones and leaving all the kids with Jon Stewart.
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire:
To end out the show, Oprah turned to a more serious note to share Mo'Nique's performance in the upcoming film Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire which she produced with Tyler Perry. Mo'Nique has mainly been known as a comedian and comedic actress but will soon makes media waves for her dramatic role in this film. The trailer was played on the episode and Oprah commented how she was blown away by how well Mo'Nique was able to portray the character of Mary.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Oprah's Comedy Hour:
Oprah's comedy hour featured some of the most popular comedians today, including Dane Cook, Mo'Nique, George Lopez and Frangela. Best friend comedy duo Frangela appeared via Skype as commentators during the show.
Dane Cook:
With his high energy, good looks and charm, Dane Cook has become as big as a rock star with 2.4 million friends on MySpace, selling out Madison Square Garden, and recording 2 comedy albums.
Dane shared a story with Oprah of his first time in front of 15,000 people at Boston Garden after working mainly small clubs.
The show didn't go well and the audience ended up throwing lighters and moving on to shoes as Dane progressed. Things obviously improved from there, and Dane spent his entire life savings to create an innovative website for his fans. The investment paid off as Dane has also moving on to acting and was names one of the hottest bachelors of 2007.
Dane does have a special woman in his life right now and joked how they like to role play - especially when he scares her over the phone.
Dane even does an impression of Oprah in his act where he yells "you get a humpback whale" in the same voice O used to give away cars a few seasons ago.
Mo'Nique:
Mo'Nique looked great as she was the next to join Oprah and Dane on stage. Sharing that she has taken up dancing and has fun while she's losing weight, Mo'Nique joked about being able to cross her legs, something she commented is not as easy task for women her size.
Raising 3 year-old twins and 18 year-old son, she now knows that God has a sense of humor since it's very different to raise kids at 41 then when she was in her 20s.
Mo'Nique announced that she will be getting her own talk show on BET beginning in September and has already filmed her pilot. Hoping to make Oprah proud, Mo'Nique first attempted to be a serious interviewer, but soon realized she needed to do her show in her own way. Leading with "what you say goes," Mo'Nique then introduced Oprah to the first tester of her new perfume line - pulling the bottle out of her bra. Saying that if Oprah liked the fragrance, she would be able to get her things out of layaway, Mo'Nique was able to get a laugh and push per product at the same time.
George Lopez:
George Lopez, on his latest tour Tall, Dark and Chicano was next to hit the stage. After calling the 4 of them sitting together the "world's greatest double date," and teasing Mo'Nique by showing Oprah a sample of his new tool line as a joke, George moved on to share the story of how he first got into comedy. Explaining that no one in his family was funny or attractive, George said that he so little he needed to be comedy to get by. Raised by his grandmother, George commented on how differently parents behave with their children today compared to when he was raised.
George will also be getting his own talk show on TBS this fall and shared a clip he filmed with President Barack Obama while campaigning with him.
Frangela & Inspirations:
Checking in via Skype, Oprah asked Frangela to explain their term Afro Saxon - explaining that they have Anglo Saxon tendencies, they provided the example of buying a new VW Jetta, but not carrying insurance.
Oprah moved on to ask the comedians who they found inspiring growing up and Dane Cook responded Steve Martin and his parents, while Mo'Nique shared her love for Richard Prior and the women in her family.
The Daily Show's Samantha Bee:
Fake senior news correspondent, Samantha Bee from The Daily Show provided a segment for the episode poking fun at working mothers with a large number of children - commenting on trying to find balance and being in so many places at once, while wearing headphones and leaving all the kids with Jon Stewart.
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire:
To end out the show, Oprah turned to a more serious note to share Mo'Nique's performance in the upcoming film Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire which she produced with Tyler Perry. Mo'Nique has mainly been known as a comedian and comedic actress but will soon makes media waves for her dramatic role in this film. The trailer was played on the episode and Oprah commented how she was blown away by how well Mo'Nique was able to portray the character of Mary.
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