I was selected to host a Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Premiere
Party. I have to admit that I am not totally biased myself but there was a lot
of entertaining content and my guests and I laughed a lot. I liked that even
though some of his jokes might be offensive to some, he didn’t overstep and was
still respectful while maintaining his biased position.
W. Kamau Bell started off his show by talking about people who were
complaining on Twitter about Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas’ hair. I liked
how he turned the jokes around on the Tweeters – especially “Lumpy Space
Princess” – who has a username like that, LOL?! And the one who tweeted “Gabby
Douglas need her hair did.” Which his reply was something to the effect of “You
need your education did!” He also said that a perm would have gotten Gabby a
silver. And a weave would have gotten her a bronze. “She won by a hair.” I bet
even Gabby giggled at that. :)
I was also surprised to learn of some racial profiling going
on in our country in the city of Harlam called “Stop & Frisk”. It seems
that cops can pull up on the sidewalk and just start frisking anyone for no
reason. He had a funny, lighthearted take on it by interviewing guys that have
been frisked while bringing it to light and making it seem even more
ridiculous! He suggested to keep it interesting for the cops by filling your
pockets with oatmeal, sushi and wasabi in the other pocket, a hot pocket,
magician’s handkerchiefs, etc. I thought that was pretty creative.
For our party, we played the Totally Biased Toss-Up where we each wrote a bias of our own and drew them out of a hat. We were able to guess them pretty easily because we all know each others handwriting and also know each other pretty well.
I also told my guests a little about the show from the digital party kit I received.
Here is some of what I shared from my packet:
About The Show:
"On FX's new late night comedy series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Bell will dissect a multitude of topics including politics, pop culture, race, religion, and the media. The series will feature his commentary along with features from other contributors and sketch comedy."
"On FX's new late night comedy series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Bell will dissect a multitude of topics including politics, pop culture, race, religion, and the media. The series will feature his commentary along with features from other contributors and sketch comedy."
About W. Kamau Bell:
"W. Kamau Bell is one of the fastest rising socio-political comics in the United States. A founding member of the stand-up comedy collective Laughter Against the Machine, he is also co-host of The Field of Negro Guide to Arts & Culture podcast with Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid." You can read more about him here -> http://www.wkamaubell.com/ or on Facebook.
Then we watched the premiere. (If you missed it click on the premiere link to the left and it will take you to the hulu.com where you can watch the full show for free). My friends and I ate cookies & popcorn and enjoyed laughing together!
I’ll be interested to see what other material W. Kamau Bell comes up
with for future Totally Biased shows. I think it definitely helps that Chris Rock guest
starred and is producing the show. If Chris thinks he’s funny, so will the rest
of the world!
Thank you Crowdtap for another fun opportunity to throw a party!
