December 04, 2005
Stay Outta Hollywood, Al...Please?
The day Al Sharpton decides to hang up his political/activist hat is a day many of us are looking forward to. Are we looking forward to his next incarnation, however?
NEW YORK — He's been a minister, an activist and a presidential candidate. Now Al Sharpton wants to be a sitcom star.
Sharpton told the Daily News in Saturday's editions that he is working with CBS on a pilot, tentatively named, "Al in the Family."
"It's about conflicting social and political views," Sharpton said. "There'll also be a social message."
The Democrat, who has also run for mayor of New York and the U.S. Senate, said one possible episode would have one of his TV children becoming a Republican.
"I don't know if I am a good actor or not, but I will be playing myself and I have been practicing that for 51 years," he said.
Did he get the bug from this commercial he shot while supporting Freddy Ferrer for mayor of NYC? The thought of watching Al Sharpton trying to be funny on TV is about as appealing as having a cavity filled. Actually, I'd rather have the cavity filled--without novacaine.
I honestly thought the offerings from Hollywood couldn't get much worse...but it seems I was wrong.
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I guess they will have an episode where Al's neighbor is Jewish, so he organizes a mob and burns his house down.
Posted by: the man at December 5, 2005 12:51 PMWouldn't that be Part II, to follow Part I where they first burn down the clothing store of Al's Jewish neighbor Freddy?
Posted by: joe-6-pack at December 5, 2005 01:45 PMtesting
Posted by: sadie at December 5, 2005 07:50 PMDisco. You've got cookies.
Posted by: Sadie at December 5, 2005 08:17 PM
