The Last Black Unicorn

(Ann) #1

I had a friend who got booked on the show, and he
invited me to go with him. I met the talent booker, and she
said maybe they could use me for a few sketches. I told her
she could use me to clean toilets, if it got me on the show.
ͳey used me to shoot this sketch called “I Married a
Black Woman.” I gave 110 percent in that performance. ͳe
producers liked it, and they decided to have me come back
again, and then for a third time. By the third one, I had been
pitching them relentlessly on doing my stand-up, and they
finally agreed to book me.


Tiffany:    “Will   I   finally get to  meet    Arsenio?”

Producer:    “Yeah,  you’ll  meet    him,    of  course.     On  the
show.”

Tiffany:     “When   I   meet    Arsenio,    I’m     telling     y’all   right
now, I’m going to jump on him and I’m going to kiss
him all over his face, and I’m going to tell him that
he’s my favorite and that I want to have all his babies.”

Producer:   “He already has kids.   He  has a   son.”

Tiffany:    “Yeah,  but he  don’t   have    a   full    black   baby,   and
I could give that to him.”

Producer:   “Uh .   .   .   okay.”

Tiffany:     “And    I   want    to  tell    him     I   used    to  get
whippings for him. I used to get in trouble for him. I
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