Essential The Locker Room's Random Thoughts

[Tenchi Ryu]

Watching a deep dive video on Tommy not having a job and its legit amazing....Tommy the actual actor had a legit problem with the running gag because he didn't like the gag of a black man not having a job when at the time of the shows running black male unemployment was at an all time high and he didn't like sending the message of yet another brother with no job. The reason they kept putting in the job joke was to punish him for always complaining about not having his job detailed behind the scenes



But in a interview with Tisha Campbell she says that we hear about his job in episode 7 season 1 when Gina had to fight Martin's teacher who was trying to smash. Tommy mentions having to go to do some counseling at the boys and girls club and Tisha says that was supposed to be his actual job all along, but when season 2 came around, during a group think Tommy once again mentioned a possibility of his characters job coming up and Martin legit said "what the hell, Tommy ain't got no job do he?" and the producers knew right then and there that would be the ongoing joke.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Another cool tidbit, all the actors were able to choose the job their character would have, Tisha and Tichina chose to be executives at a firm because women in power was definitely still a uncommon thing back then. Carl Payne wanted Cole to have a job the average man would be proud of to counterbalance his character's stupidity, and working at the airport regardless of intelligence is a good fukking job...he was legit making good money. Tommy specifically chose the Boys and Girls counselor because he legit has always had a passion to reaching out to the youth with seminars and programs to give kids new opportunities.

In fact, he named his most popular seminar "Tommy Ford has a job" and used the seminar to help young people find work placement

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Video of Tommy almost word for word stating what I posted

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

Body sore from that HIIT last night...

 

[Ol’Otis]

Issa Rae has the sex appeal of a Buick .

 

[Ol’Otis]

another LA thread

i would post the article but i dont feel like it

LA blacks moved out because certain jobs were drying up
and due to gang violence

they didnt go too far (Vegas and I.E)

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Oh my god

 

[Elle Driver]

Black AF ain’t bad.

 

[ALonelyDad]

Another quake, one at 3 am and one now I want to move so bad

 

[Barnett114]

Another quake, one at 3 am and one now I want to move so bad

So many buildings have not been retrofitted.

Could have another Mexico City situation if not careful

 

[ALonelyDad]

So many buildings have not been retrofitted.

Could have another Mexico City situation if not careful

My building is definitely not retrofittedplus the big earthquake will be followed by so many aftershocks I doubt a lot of buildings survive.

have been a lot of quakes recently, just had one in middle of LA last month and now two in less than 12 hours.

 

[Pazzy]

I'm high as fukk walking around right now up the hill

 

[Ol’Otis]

Black AF ain’t bad.

yeah...you from the district



#vermontvista tho

 

[Elle Driver]

yeah...you from the district



#vermontvista tho

What district?

 

[Ol’Otis]

What district?

cole slaw


i mean Crenshaw