Chocolate Flavored 'Daily Show' for Black Folks

I haven't seen this show yet, I don't get invited to television critics' press junkets, I haven't seen any preview clips or scripts. But what I do know is that Comedy Central is attempting to start a comical TV news magazine called Chocolate News, featuring In Living Color vet David Alan Grier.

Now, I don't mind jokes about black folks, after all, if anybody has taken living in America with a sense of humor, damn it, it's been us. But if they (Comedy Central) are going to do it, this sh** better be funny, I'm talking Chappelle Show funny, or better.

So in case Comedy Central's writers have trouble coming up with material that will be equal-opportunity funny, but at the same time won't bring the Rev. Al Sharpton to the station's headquarters, here's some suggestions of things about black people to make fun of:

1. Rev. Jesse Jackson: As much of a staunch defender of black folk Jackson has been over the years of his career, and as much as we respect him, this cat just keeps giving us new material. Of late, it's his desire to neuter Sen. Barack Obama. If Hillary Clinton had been the presumptive nominee, would he want to spay her?

2. Churches: It's been since Richard Pryor that we've had good comedy about the black church. And why shouldn't the good Remmund and Sistah Cleopheen be fair game for talented comedy writers? Besides, I haven't yet met a single church person who knew exactly how to get me to heaven. But I for damned sure know quite a few who know the shortcut to hell.

3. Athletes: There are only a few who haven't been funny over the years. In fact, we should stick with the formula: Athlete comes from humble beginnings; gets drafted and make a gazillion dollars; becomes king of sports with amazing feats; becomes self-entitled and stupid with fame; is responsible for dumbfounding fuckup; winds up in court; gives life to the Lord. Even somebody as morbid as Toni Morrison could write funny shit about that.

4. Prison: For obvious reasons.

5. Arrogant white guys: Not that whites haven't been targets enough for black comedians for years and years, but if Comedy Central is going to have a show where black people are the subject of continuous ridicule, then the black people on it need to target every Michael Savage, Bill O'Reilly, Tucker Carlson and Lou Dobbs they can get their hands on. Maybe they should even make cracks about snipping their nuts off.

What kind of black humor do you find laugh-your-a$$-off funny?