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(New York Daily News) Cool Badass 'Blaxploitation' stars from the 1970s: Where are they now? (Badass slideshow)   (nydailynews.com) divider line 72
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Cewley [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 10:25:11 AM
i'll watch any of them for a glimpse of Pam Grier's formerly world class rack.
 
CitizenTed [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 12:47:59 PM
Here's a lovely example of comma addiction from the slideshow:

"Football legend, Jim Brown, is not only known for being one of the greatest players in the NFL, but he was also an integral part of the Blaxploitation genre."

Comma addiction is a real-world disease that destroys journalism. We need to stop this dreadful poison before it damages our fragile republic.
 
unyon [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 12:50:25 PM
Cewley: i'll watch any of them for a glimpse of Pam Grier's formerly world class rack.

Came here to say this. I have yet to see its equal.

/fist of an angry god, etc
 
Sybarite [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 01:20:17 PM
Now I want to go watch a blaxploitation marathon. Subby, you are one bad mother...
 
theflatline [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 01:30:40 PM
What no Isaac from the Love Boat?
 
The Voice of Doom
2012-02-22 01:30:45 PM
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1: The 1970s produced the genre that would later come to be known as 'Blaxploitation' [original slide here]
2: PAM GRIER: Grier's fame grew in the 1970s when she starred in several Blaxploitation films like 'Cof [original slide here]
3: RICHARD ROUNDTREE: Roundtree is known as a leading man in many Blaxploitation movies, especially 'Sh [original slide here]
4: JIM BROWN: Football legend, Jim Brown, is not only known for being one of the greatest players in th [original slide here]
5: FRED WILLIAMSON: Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson starred in 'Black Caesar' in 1973, paying homage to pr [original slide here]
6: JUDY PACE: Pace starred as Iris in 'Cotton Comes to Harlem' (1970) [original slide here]
7: OSSIE DAVIS: Ossie Davis wrote and directed 'Cotton Comes to Harlem [original slide here]
8: RUDY RAY MOORE: He may be better known as Dolemite, the articulate pimp, but Rudy Ray Moore, was a c [original slide here]
9: NICHELLE NICHOLS: Nichelle Nichols popped up during the '70s in 'Truck Turner [original slide here]
10: ISAAC HAYES: Best known for his musical career, Isaac Hayes was also an actor back in the Blaxploita [original slide here]
11: BILLY DEE WILLIAMS: Williams starred in two Blaxploitation films, 'The Take' and 'Hit!' in the early [original slide here]
12: TRINA PARKS: Trina Parks popped up in the '70s as an actress with a few roles [original slide here]
13: JIM KELLY: Jim Kelly appeared in a handful of Blaxploitation films in the '70s [original slide here]
14: RON O'NEAL: The Blaxploitation genre wouldn't exist without moves like 'Super Fly [original slide here]
15: BILL COSBY: Back in the '70s, Bill Cosby dabbled in the Blaxploitation genre, too [original slide here]
16: SIDNEY POITIER: Another wildly successful actor and director, Sidney Poitier also dabbled in film du [original slide here]
17: MELVIN AND MARIO VAN PEEBLES: In some cases, Blaxploitation spanned both the '70s and '80s with two [original slide here]
 
Staffa Kar Therma
2012-02-22 01:36:49 PM
I can dig it.
 
Evil Mackerel
2012-02-22 01:38:03 PM
No Ron Glass?
 
Gunny Highway
2012-02-22 01:40:29 PM
ymarksthespot.files.wordpress.com

"Bring it on"
 
TheHopeDiamond
2012-02-22 01:40:39 PM
I am proud to own Detroit: 9000 on both VHS and DVD.
 
Donnchadha [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 01:44:12 PM
Sybarite: Now I want to go watch a blaxploitation marathon. Subby, you are one bad mother...

Shut yo' mouth!
 
Evil Mackerel
2012-02-22 01:44:40 PM
TheHopeDiamond: I am proud to own Detroit: 9000 on both VHS and DVD.

No betamax?or laser disk?
 
LeroyBourne
2012-02-22 01:46:17 PM
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Bumpy doesn't like this list. That's right, Bumpy speaks in the 3rd person.
 
Zombie Hitler
2012-02-22 01:46:18 PM
Now I can't stop thinking about Pam Grier's tits.
 
Fish in a Barrel
2012-02-22 01:50:32 PM
Does "I'm gonna git you sucka" really count as blaxploitation? It's a parody of the genre.
 
QifutuWahuta
2012-02-22 01:51:06 PM
Tonight I'm watching Black Dynamite.

Things gonna get funky
 
Zombie Hitler
2012-02-22 01:52:29 PM
Also, Fred Williamson in Black Caesar is without a doubt the coolest motherfarker ever filmed.
 
I Browse
2012-02-22 01:54:03 PM
Another actor who made his bones during that era, Dick Anthony Williams, recently passed away.

He played "Pretty Tony" in The Mack (that's him on the left, holding the money):

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And here he was more recently:

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I Browse
2012-02-22 01:56:14 PM
Zombie Hitler: Now I can't stop thinking about Pam Grier's tits.

Welcome to my everyday life.
 
Zombie Hitler
2012-02-22 01:59:25 PM
I Browse: Zombie Hitler: Now I can't stop thinking about Pam Grier's tits.

Welcome to my everyday life.

It's nice here.
 
TheHopeDiamond
2012-02-22 02:16:40 PM
Evil Mackerel: TheHopeDiamond: I am proud to own Detroit: 9000 on both VHS and DVD.

No betamax?or laser disk?

I didn't have either of those players :)
 
PIP_the_TROLL [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:21:31 PM
I watched Truck Turner about 8 or 9 years ago. I didn't see a lot of blaxploitation stuff as a kid, but I watch it these days when I get a chance.

I had never seen Nichelle Nichols in anything but Star Trek. When I first saw her in Truck Turner, my first thought was, "Hey, it's Uhura! That's cool..." and then when she started cussing up a storm and drawing parallels between one of her whores and fried chicken, I spit soda all over myself in surprise.

Truck Turner is solidly in my top 10 movies I've ever seen and a good 95% of that has to do with 'ho-keeping Uhura.
 
Sybarite [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:28:23 PM
Donnchadha: Sybarite: Now I want to go watch a blaxploitation marathon. Subby, you are one bad mother...

Shut yo' mouth!


I'm talkin' 'bout Subby.
 
zinny
2012-02-22 02:28:45 PM
Pooty Tang. Not the eighties, but he was one bad wah da tay on da simi tau.
 
MysticSavage
2012-02-22 02:29:04 PM
Where's Big Jim Slade?
 
Labrat407
2012-02-22 02:29:16 PM
blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com

Get him, girls! Maybe you can get a rise out of this limp list.
 
PacManDreaming [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:29:53 PM
What? No Marki Bey?
 
bigmoneygrip [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:34:16 PM
Not quite blaxploitation, but I wonder where Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) from Sanford and Son is now. According to IMDB, he hasn't done anything since 1986.
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:36:10 PM
CSB:

I saw Rudy Ray Moore playing craps in Vegas back in 1998.
 
orclover [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 02:48:33 PM
Labrat407: [blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com image 300x261]

Get him, girls! Maybe you can get a rise out of this limp list.

SHO-NUFF!


/classic
 
Nem Wan
2012-02-22 02:57:13 PM
PIP_the_TROLL: Truck Turner is solidly in my top 10 movies I've ever seen and a good 95% of that has to do with 'ho-keeping Uhura.

I haven't seen this and apparently no one else has, but there appears to be more ho-keeping.
 
JOHN MCENROE MY CHILDHOOD NEMESIS
2012-02-22 02:58:39 PM
unlimitedjuice.files.wordpress.com
 
MagSeven
2012-02-22 03:12:22 PM
"I threw that shiat before I even walked in the room!"
 
tequilasundae
2012-02-22 03:29:51 PM
and where is Thalmus Rasulala?? and that article was written by a dyslexic third grader.
'when she appeared in Quentin Tarantino's 'Jackie Brown.' Her role as Jackie Brown earned her a Golden Globe nod for Best Actress.'..well no shiat.
. 'Pictured here, Brown played Gunn in 'Black Gunn' (1972). The star of the movie',...once again..no shiat
 
Fish in a Barrel
2012-02-22 03:31:11 PM
MagSeven: "I threw that shiat before I even walked in the room!"

I love that line.
 
Crewmannumber6
2012-02-22 03:35:37 PM
In what universe was Sidney Poitier ever a blacksploitation actor?
 
23FPB23
2012-02-22 03:38:39 PM
I saw Rudy Ray Moore do stand up at Comedy Caravan in Louisville a few years ago...best birthday ever! Sat right up front at the bar around the stage!!!
 
ultradeeg
2012-02-22 03:48:37 PM
wwsshpAAA!!!
1.bp.blogspot.com
R.I.P. junkyard born insecure motherfarker
img.photobucket.com

///hot,hot,hot
 
Blackbrain
2012-02-22 03:48:47 PM
I just saw Sheba, Baby on Netflix. Pam Grier , in a wetsuit, with an uzi, kicking whitey in the junk. It may be the greatest film of the 20th century.
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 03:49:02 PM
JOHN MCENROE MY CHILDHOOD NEMESIS: [unlimitedjuice.files.wordpress.com image 509x755]

Fantastic homage/spoof.
 
rustypouch
2012-02-22 03:52:12 PM
Put you weight on it!
 
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T
2012-02-22 03:52:24 PM
PIP_the_TROLL:
I had never seen Nichelle Nichols in anything but Star Trek. When I first saw her in Truck Turner, my first thought was, "Hey, it's Uhura! That's cool..." and then when she started cussing up a storm and drawing parallels between one of her whores and fried chicken, I spit soda all over myself in surprise.

Had the same experience with the woman who played "Aunt Esther" on "Sanford and Son" when I saw "Shakes the Clown." Still remember her lines in the movie too, and it's been probably 20 years since I've seen it, it was that shocking to me.

JOHN MCENROE MY CHILDHOOD NEMESIS: BLACK DYNAMITE JPG

SO MUCH THIS!
 
Jonathan Hohensee
2012-02-22 03:52:36 PM
PIP_the_TROLL: I watched Truck Turner about 8 or 9 years ago. I didn't see a lot of blaxploitation stuff as a kid, but I watch it these days when I get a chance.

I had never seen Nichelle Nichols in anything but Star Trek. When I first saw her in Truck Turner, my first thought was, "Hey, it's Uhura! That's cool..." and then when she started cussing up a storm and drawing parallels between one of her whores and fried chicken, I spit soda all over myself in surprise.

Truck Turner is solidly in my top 10 movies I've ever seen and a good 95% of that has to do with 'ho-keeping Uhura.

I always saw Truck Turner as a movie about a pussy-whipped loser who was just barely competent enough to get the job done that he's paid to do.
 
Blackbrain
2012-02-22 03:54:44 PM
My daddy's name is Black Dynamite too.
 
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER [TotalFark]
2012-02-22 03:58:29 PM
In 1974, A good friend of mine's father, Rockne Tarkington starred in "Black Samson" a heartwarming tale of a nightclub owner, his lady, his walking stick, and his lion.

upload.wikimedia.org

He also played Elihu Morgan on "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour", on the "Danger Island" show which made Jan Michael Vincent famous, and created a kiddie meme in the phrase "Uh oh, Chongo!".

cdn1.iofferphoto.com

My friend's mom was Elvis' love interest in "Blue Hawaii".

photos.elvispresleymusic.com.au

That's her, in your grandma's bikini.
 
oryx
2012-02-22 04:02:07 PM
How could they forget William Marshall, Blacula?
 
rogue49
2012-02-22 04:03:20 PM

Come on, everyone break out...

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
For they fought with expert timing
 
Orgasmatron138
2012-02-22 04:05:06 PM
DOLEMITE, MOTHERFARKER!
 
bikerbob59
2012-02-22 04:24:22 PM
Evil Mackerel: TheHopeDiamond: I am proud to own Detroit: 9000 on both VHS and DVD.

No betamax?or laser disk?

laughing out loud.
 
MagSeven
2012-02-22 04:26:12 PM
Blackbrain: My daddy's name is Black Dynamite too.

Blackbrain: My daddy's name is Black Dynamite too.

Uhh... Hush up little girl. Plenty of cats got that name!
 
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