The Original Kings of comedy - wikipedia The Original Kings of comedy The Original Kings of Comedy Film poster Directed by Spike Lee Produced by Spike Lee Walter Latham David Gale Written by Steve Harvey D.L. Hughley Cedric the Entertainer Bernie Mac Starring Steve Harvey D.L. Hughley Cedric the Entertainer Bernie Mac Cinematography Malik Sayeed Edited by Barry Alexander Brown Production company MTV Films Latham Entertainment 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date August 18, 2000 ( 2000 - 08 - 18 ) Running time 115 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $13 million Box office $38 million The Original Kings of Comedy is a 2000 American stand - up comedy film directed by Spike Lee and featuring the comedy routines of Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, the comedians give the audience their views about African - American culture, race relations, religion, and family. The film was produced by MTV Films and Latham Entertainment, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was shot over the last two nights ( February 26 and 27, 2000 ) of the Kings of Comedy tour with Harvey, Hughley, Cedric, and Mac. Its on - stage routines are intercut with brief sections of video footage showing the comedians backstage, promoting the show on the radio, at the hotel, and during a basketball game. The film spawned into multiple spin - offs and films. Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Steve Harvey 1.2 D.L. Hughley 1.3 Cedric the Entertainer 1.4 Bernie Mac 2 Reception 3 Box office 4 Home media 5 Soundtrack 6 Awards and nominations 7 Related films 8 References 9 External links Summary Steve Harvey Steve Harvey, the star of The Steve Harvey Show, is the master of ceremonies for the show. Unlike his sitcom character, Harvey 's on - stage routines use a significant amount of profanity ; as the show 's M.C., Harvey is given three short sets instead of one long one. The finale of Harvey 's sets finds him heckling a member of the audience by stealing his coat while he is away from his seat, and remarking that the `` thuggish '' - looking young man could n't possibly be in the field of `` computer technology '' that he claims he is. Harvey also covers his experiences growing up in the church, calling out the ineffectiveness of the typical black church `` building fund '', and recollecting his mother 's friend Sister Odelle 's profane language and befuddled attempts to sing a church hymn ( interspersed with lyrics from television show theme songs ). D.L. Hughley Harvey 's first set is followed by D.L. Hughley, the star of The Hughleys. He talks about family, specifically Black - American family with roots in the South. He exploits the differences between black people and white people ; for example, Hughley notes that black people do n't skydive or do other dangerous physical activities because they experience enough peril just trying to get through an average day. `` Bungee jumping, '' he says. `` That 's too much like lynchin ' for us ! '' He also talks about `` helicopter man '', a game he and his wife play in bed, and some skid - marked undergarments that he tried to hide at the bottom of his dirty clothes. Cedric the Entertainer Cedric the Entertainer ( Harvey 's co-star on The Steve Harvey Show ) presents himself as the most in - tune with the younger demographic, and goes through a number of topics during his routine. Primary among these is his embellishment of the differences between the `` hope factor '' and the `` wish factor '' : white people `` hope '' that nothing goes wrong, and black people `` wish '' someone would start trouble so that they can retaliate. Cedric acknowledges that he is now a `` grown - ass man '', and can no longer call his friends by their `` lil ' nicknames '' or engage in other such immature behavior. He discusses how angry a black president might become if a Monica Lewinsky question were posed at a news conference, and also goes into routines about smoking, black athletes ' expansion into golf, tennis, and other sports, what a `` ghetto - ass wedding '' would be like, and black people 's eventual migration to the moon. Also his love for Jamaican music and how in their music they solve a simple problem. Bernie Mac Bernie Mac is the most autobiographical of the group. He turns his comedy on himself. He uses short, punchy attacks to make his point about his decreased sex drive and desire for quick sex instead of longer periods of intercourse. Mac 's longest routines involve his hard - nosed style of child - rearing, where he makes no qualms about `` fucking a kid up '' if he needs to. He goes into an extended routine about the stress of raising his sister 's children for her while she recovers from drugs ( Mac did not actually have a sister ; this was part of the routine ), and tells of a run - in he had with his two - year - old niece and his effeminate six - year - old nephew, whom he refers to repeatedly as `` the faggot '' ( Mac 's routine about his sister 's kids later became the basis of his Fox Network family comedy The Bernie Mac Show ). He then tells a story about his mentally challenged nephew and his bouts with his bus driver ; according to Mac, when the bus would come, his nephew would attempt to ask a question, but would immediately start stuttering, frustrating the bus driver and prompting him to drive off without picking him up. This continues the next few days, and Mac 's aunt confronts the bus driver, asking why he was `` denying ( her son 's ) ' edumacation. ' '' The bus driver begins to stutter exactly like Mac 's nephew, then proclaims `` he was teasin ' me ! ''. The set, and the film, are concluded with Mac 's piece on the ubiquity of the swear word `` motherfucker '', which he describes as `` a noun : a person, place or thing, '' and then, as noted by New York Times reviewer Elvis Mitchell, `` proceeds to give the heft of an adjective and even transforms it into a split infinitive. '' He can be seen on the archive footage on Harvey 's eponymous talk show. The show also reunited with Harvey without Mac as well as paying tribute to him, which aired in November 2016. Reception Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a `` Certified Fresh '' rating and a score of 86 % based on reviews from 88 critics. Box office The Original Kings of Comedy was produced on an estimated $3,000,000 budget. On its opening weekend, it grossed a total of $11,053,832 on only 847 screens, averaging to about $13,051 per venue and ranking as the second highest - grossing film that weekend behind only The Cell. It eventually grossed a total of $38,168,022 at the box offices. Home media This film was released on DVD on February 27, 2001 and distributed by Paramount Home Video. Bonus features on the DVD include the music video `` # 1 Stunna '' by Big Tymers, Kings On The Town featurette, and bonus scenes. Soundtrack Main article : The Original Kings of Comedy ( soundtrack ) A soundtrack containing performances from the film and hip hop was released on August 22, 2000 by Universal Records. It peaked at # 50 on the Billboard 200 and # 15 on the Top R&B / Hip - Hop Albums. Wikiquote has quotations related to : The Original Kings of Comedy Awards and nominations 2001 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Motion Picture ( nominated ) 2001 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Documentary ( nominated ) Related films The popularity of this movie inspired spin - offs, including The Queens of Comedy, The Original Latin Kings of Comedy, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Kims of Comedy, The Comedians of Comedy and The Killers of Comedy References Jump up ^ `` The Original Kings of Comedy ( 2000 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. External links The Original Kings of Comedy on IMDb The Original Kings of Comedy at AllMovie The Original Kings of Comedy at Rotten Tomatoes Spike Lee Filmography Awards and nominations Feature films directed She 's Gotta Have It ( 1986 ) School Daze ( 1988 ) Do the Right Thing ( 1989 ) Mo ' Better Blues ( 1990 ) Jungle Fever ( 1991 ) Malcolm X ( 1992 ) Crooklyn ( 1994 ) Clockers ( 1995 ) Girl 6 ( 1996 ) Get on the Bus ( 1996 ) He Got Game ( 1998 ) Summer of Sam ( 1999 ) Bamboozled ( 2000 ) 25th Hour ( 2002 ) She Hate Me ( 2004 ) Inside Man ( 2006 ) Miracle at St. Anna ( 2008 ) Red Hook Summer ( 2012 ) Oldboy ( 2013 ) Da Sweet Blood of Jesus ( 2014 ) Chi - Raq ( 2015 ) Documentaries directed 4 Little Girls ( 1997 ) Freak ( 1998 ) The Original Kings of Comedy ( 2000 ) A Huey P. Newton Story ( 2001 ) The Concert for New York City ( 2001, `` Come Rain or Come Shine '' ) Jim Brown : All - American ( 2002 ) When the Levees Broke ( 2006 ) Kobe Doin ' Work ( 2009 ) Passing Strange ( 2009 ) If God Is Willing and da Creek Do n't Rise ( 2010 ) Bad 25 ( 2012 ) Michael Jackson 's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall ( 2016 ) Other films directed Joe 's Bed - Stuy Barbershop : We Cut Heads ( 1983 ) Lumière and Company ( 1995 ) Ten Minutes Older : The Trumpet ( 2002, segment `` We Wuz Robbed '' ) All the Invisible Children ( 2005, segment `` Jesus Children of America '' ) Television Sucker Free City ( 2004 ) She 's Gotta Have It ( 2017 ) Related articles 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Bill Lee Joie Lee David Lee Cinqué Lee Malcolm D. Lee MTV Films Joe 's Apartment ( 1996 ) Beavis and Butt - Head Do America ( 1996 ) Dead Man on Campus ( 1998 ) Varsity Blues ( 1999 ) 200 Cigarettes ( 1999 ) Election ( 1999 ) The Wood ( 1999 ) The Original Kings of Comedy ( 2000 ) Save the Last Dance ( 2001 ) Pootie Tang ( 2001 ) Orange County ( 2002 ) Better Luck Tomorrow ( 2002 ) Crossroads ( 2002 ) Martin Lawrence Live : Runteldat ( 2002 ) Jackass : The Movie ( 2002 ) The Fighting Temptations ( 2003 ) Tupac : Resurrection ( 2003 ) The Perfect Score ( 2004 ) Napoleon Dynamite ( 2004 ) Hustle & Flow ( 2005 ) Coach Carter ( 2005 ) Murderball ( 2005 ) The Longest Yard ( 2005 ) Get Rich or Die Tryin ' ( 2005 ) Æon Flux ( 2005 ) Jackass Number Two ( 2006 ) Freedom Writers ( 2007 ) Blades of Glory ( 2007 ) Beneath ( 2007 ) How She Move ( 2008 ) The Foot Fist Way ( 2008 ) Stop - Loss ( 2008 ) Dance Flick ( 2009 ) Jackass 3D ( 2010 ) Justin Bieber : Never Say Never ( 2011 ) Footloose ( 2011 ) Katy Perry : Part of Me ( 2012 ) Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters ( 2013 ) Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa ( 2013 ) Project Almanac ( 2015 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Original_Kings_of_Comedy&oldid=792738461 '' Categories : 2000 films English - language films 2000s documentary films American documentary films American films Films directed by Spike Lee American independent films Paramount Pictures films MTV Films films 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks films 2000s comedy films Stand - up comedy concert films Films shot in North Carolina Documentary films about African Americans Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Français Italiano 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 28 July 2017, at 10 : 27. 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Question: when did the kings of comedy come out
Answer: 2000