Chris Rock
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Birthplace:
Andrews, South Carolina, USA
South Carolina-born African American comedian Chris Rock grew up in Brooklyn and projected a marked aptitude for comedy early in life. Rock traveled the New York club circuit during his adolescence, so aggressively and persistently that he established himself as a seasoned veteran by his late teens. He happened to be performing at the New York Comedy Strip c. 1984, when his break arrived in the form of an audience visit by one Eddie Murphy. Deeply impressed with the then eighteen-year-old rising star, Murphy cast him in his forthcoming Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), as a parking valet. It hardly constituted a breakout performance, but the role and newfound connection with Eddie Murphy helped Rock land a couple of small supporting roles, and eventually a spot on NBC's hallowed Saturday Night Live, from 1990-93. During his SNL stint, Rock also periodically guest-starred in fellow comedian Keenan Ivory Wayans' African American sketch comedy series In Living Color. In 1991, Rock broke from comedy in favor of a more dramatic role, and his performance as a surprisingly innocent crack addict-cum-informant in Mario Van Peebles' New Jack City attracted a substantial amount of favorable attention; Roger Ebert praised Rock as "effortlessly authentic and convincing."One could argue with some foundation that the role in New Jack City is indicative of Rock's driving force (i.e., the politics of modern society and race within the contextual framework of American culture). Although Rock employs comedic delivery, many of his favorite topics are quite grave, and Rock's ability to confront these issues, cloaked in ribald humor, helped launch his career during the late '90s. While his 1993 screenwriting debut, on Tamra Davis's CB4: The Movie, received lukewarm reviews at best, Rock established himself as a household name after his scathing HBO comedy special Bring the Pain (1996) earned him two Emmy awards and a significantly larger fan base. The same year, he received a third Emmy for his work as a writer and correspondent for Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. Then, in 1997, the successes of Rock's stand-up, his contributions to Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, his film roleass, and his work on Bring the Pain collectively inspired HBO to sign Rock for a sketch comedy series, The Chris Rock Show, that ran from 1997 to 2000. The program borrowed the formats of Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, yet it upped the vulgarity, volatility, and presence of hot-button contemporary issues - in addition to the intelligence. In addition to Rock, the program featured a cast of up-and-coming African American comics, such as Wanda Sykes and Mario Joyner. The program ran to sensational reviews. Rock's film career expanded throughout the late '90s, and the young comic won particular notice for his role as a hot-headed law enforcement agent in 1998's Lethal Weapon 4 opposite Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, and later for Kevin Smith's irreverent Dogma(1999), as a bitter apostle of Jesus. He also published a book titled Rock This! with much success. Though Dogma received mixed reviews, in 1999 Rock mounted his second HBO comedy special, Bigger & Blacker, which found the comedian addressing topics from gun control to Bill Clinton and proper parenting techniques. In late 2000, Rock played an obnoxious hitman equipped with an incredibly inventive string of obscenities in Neil La Bute's controversial black comedy Nurse Betty, alongside Renee Zellweger and Morgan Freeman.In 2001, Rock put his screenwriting abilities to the test in Down to Earth, a remake of 1941's Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and again in Pootie Tang, a feature spin-off of one of the characters from The Chris Rock Show. In 2001, Rock voiced one of the characters in Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and another in Osmosis Jones, and rejoined Kevin Smith for a cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. In 2002, Rock was one of several comedians featured in Christian Ch
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Spiral |
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— | 2021 |
No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Total Blackout - The Tamborine Extended Cut |
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— | 2021 |
No Score Yet | Feeding America Comedy Festival |
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— | 2020 |
48% | The Witches |
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— | 2020 |
97% | Dolemite Is My Name |
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— | 2019 |
27% | The Week Of |
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— | 2018 |
100% | Chris Rock: Tamborine |
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— | 2018 |
82% | Dying Laughing |
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— | 2017 |
68% | A Very Murray Christmas |
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— | 2015 |
52% | Live From New York! |
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— | 2015 |
90% | Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo |
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— | 2015 |
85% | Top Five |
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$17.1M | 2014 |
60% | Iverson |
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— | 2014 |
67% | 12-12-12 |
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— | 2013 |
64% | Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp |
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— | 2013 |
8% | Grown Ups 2 |
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$127.5M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Brooklyn Boheme |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Madly Madagascar |
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— | 2013 |
66% | 2 Days in New York |
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$0.6M | 2012 |
78% | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted |
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$216.4M | 2012 |
23% | What to Expect When You're Expecting |
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$41.2M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | I Ain't Scared Of You: A Tribute To Bernie Mac |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Bring Your 'A' Game |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Tumor, It's In The System |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Talking Funny |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Dreamworks Holiday Classics |
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— | 2011 |
90% | Woody Allen: A Documentary |
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— | 2011 |
11% | Grown Ups |
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$162.1M | 2010 |
43% | Death at a Funeral |
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$16.1M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Merry Madagascar |
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— | 2009 |
95% | Good Hair |
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$4.1M | 2009 |
64% | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
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$180M | 2008 |
100% | Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg |
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— | 2008 |
37% | You Don't Mess With the Zohan |
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$100.1M | 2008 |
80% | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | The Black List: Volume One |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business Of America |
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— | 2008 |
49% | Bee Movie |
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$126.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Black Men: The Truth |
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— | 2007 |
19% | I Think I Love My Wife |
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$12.5M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | African American Lives 2 |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | African American Lives |
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— | 2006 |
79% | The Aristocrats |
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$6.2M | 2005 |
31% | The Longest Yard |
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$157.9M | 2005 |
54% | Madagascar |
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$193.2M | 2005 |
18% | Paparazzi |
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$15.6M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | The N-Word |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Never Scared |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet #%$#@!! Uncensored |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Straight Tripping |
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— | 2003 |
30% | Head of State |
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$37.8M | 2003 |
57% | Pauly Shore Is Dead |
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— | 2003 |
77% | Comedian |
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$2.7M | 2002 |
10% | Bad Company |
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$30.2M | 2002 |
53% | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |
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$29.9M | 2001 |
55% | Osmosis Jones |
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$12.4M | 2001 |
27% | Pootie Tang |
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$2.9M | 2001 |
74% | A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
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— | 2001 |
20% | Down to Earth |
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$63.1M | 2001 |
83% | Nurse Betty |
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— | 2000 |
67% | Dogma |
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— | 1999 |
86% | Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Best of Chris Rock |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live - Game Show Parodies |
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— | 1999 |
53% | Lethal Weapon 4 |
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— | 1998 |
42% | Dr. Dolittle |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Sesame Street - Elmopalooza! |
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— | 1998 |
14% | Beverly Hills Ninja |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Bring the Pain |
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— | 1996 |
31% | Sgt. Bilko |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Immortals |
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— | 1995 |
27% | Panther |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes |
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— | 1994 |
51% | So I Married an Axe Murderer |
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— | 1993 |
35% | Coneheads |
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— | 1993 |
57% | CB4 |
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— | 1993 |
43% | Boomerang |
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— | 1992 |
77% | New Jack City |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Uptown Comedy Express |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen |
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— | 1988 |
64% | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
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— | 1988 |
47% | Beverly Hills Cop II |
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— | 1987 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Desus & Mero
2019
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93% |
Fargo
2014-2020
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80% |
The Comedy Store
2020
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2015
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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100% |
The Rundown With Robin Thede
2017-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show
2007
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45% |
The Academy Awards
1978-2020
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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84% |
Empire
2015-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Eric Andre Show
2012
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80% |
The Jim Gaffigan Show
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
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No Score Yet |
Real Husbands of Hollywood
2013-2016
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No Score Yet |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
2012-2013
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No Score Yet |
Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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94% |
Louie
2010-2015
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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50% |
The Wanda Sykes Show
2009-2010
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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31% |
The Jay Leno Show
2009-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Mo'Nique Show
2009-2011
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95% |
Everybody Hates Chris
2005-2009
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Bernie Mac Show
2001-2006
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No Score Yet |
The Chris Rock Show
1997-2000
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No Score Yet |
King of the Hill
1997-2010
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91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-1999
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No Score Yet |
Martin
1992-1997
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No Score Yet |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
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No Score Yet |
In Living Color
1990-1994
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72% |
Miami Vice
1984-1990
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No Score Yet |
The Hughleys
1998-2002
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Quotes from Chris Rock's Characters
Andre Allen: | It's Hammy Time! |
Jay: | Yo man, tell me something about me. |
Rufus: | You masturbate more than anyone on the planet. |
Jay: | Aw fuck, everyone knows that. Tell me something nobody knows. |
Rufus: | When you do it, you're thinking about guys. |
Silent Bob: | !!!! |
Jay: | Dude, not all the time. |
Andre Allen: | Hammy the Beer? |
Marty the Zebra: | Oh sugar honey ice tea! |
Lee Butters: | Look at this badge, bitch! Check out the gun! |
Pookie: | Scottie, help me - I'm gonna die! |
Marty the Zebra: | When a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone! |
Kurt McKenzie: | I see that ass is still growing. Got a little Kardashian in there. |
Kurt McKenzie: | You got toe. |
Kurt McKenzie: | How in the world's anybody supposed to get some sleep knowing they're under the same roof as Toe-be Bryant over here? |
Deanne McKenzie: | How about I take you out for a date night every Thursday? |
Kurt McKenzie: | Well, Thursday night is Grey's Anatomy, but any other night would be great. |
Alex the Lion: | Marty! |
Marty the Zebra: | Alex! |
Alex the Lion: | Mar- |
Marty the Zebra: | Alex? |
Alex the Lion: | (angry) MARTY! |
Alex the Lion: | [angry] MARTY! |
Marty the Zebra: | Oh suger honey ice tea! |
Melman the Giraffe: | I just counted twenty six invade health violations |
Melman the Giraffe: | I just counted twenty six invade health violations. |
Marty the Zebra: | I don't know, this place is crack a liking |
Marty the Zebra: | I don't know, this place is crack a liking. |
Melman the Giraffe: | Twenty seven! |
King Julien: | Welcome to Madagascar. |
Marty the Zebra: | Mada-who-ah? |
King Julien: | No. Not who-ah. As-car. |
Mason: | [To Marty] He said lets have some fun and take out the dam. |
Mason: | [to Marty] He said lets have some fun and take out the dam. |
Marty: | Skipper, Alex wants to take out the dam! |
Skipper: | Alright, but its his funeral. |
Marty: | You call that laying low! |
Marty: | You call this laying low? |
Vic: | You want to adopt? How about you adopt some new friends? |
Marty: | Just call me Marty-o Andretti! |
Alex: | No! You're Sucky-o Andretti! |
Mingus: | I'm on Facebook! |
Mingus: | They're doing something freaky with my toothbrush! |
Marty the Zebra: | [Melman presents Marty with a gift-wrapped thermometer] Aw a thermometer!Thanks!I love it Melman, I love it! [he puts it in his mouth and poses] |
Melman the Giraffe: | I really wanted to give you a personal present. Do you know that was my first rectal thermometer? |
Marty the Zebra: | Motherf... [Marty spits it out and retches] |
Marty the Zebra: | [doing armpit farts] Yeah! You don't see that on Animal Planet. |
Marty the Zebra: | Did you ever think that there might be more to life than steak, Alex? |
Alex the Lion: | [to his steak] He didn't mean that, baby. No, no, no. |
Osmosis Jones: | We were so poor, we lived off peanut butter and cellulite sandwiches! You ever try to blow-dry your hair with a fart? |
Drix: | OK, I get it. You were poor. |
Osmosis Jones: | You bet I was! You ever try to make a snowman out of toilet paper cling-ons? Now that's poor! |
Drix: | OK, please, you're going to make me vomit! |
Osmosis Jones: | Vomit? We couldn't afford no vomit; that's for rich folk. |
Drix: | Excuse me while I wipe my eyes. |
Osmosis Jones: | Oh, you wanna talk about wiping? |
The Mayor: | NO! |
Mingus: | Would your dad ever key a car? |
Marion: | I'm going to be 38, I'm fat, I'm a pain in the ass. |
Mingus: | But you're French... |
Marty the Zebra: | Excuse me, you're biting my butt! |
Alex the Lion: | No I'm not. |
Marty the Zebra: | Yes you are! |
Marty: | I'm like a candy cane in a black and white movie. |
Marty: | Dat dat dat datta dat dat circus afro circus afro circus afro crircus poka dot poka dot afro |
Marty: | Dat dat dat datta dat dat circus afro circus afro circus afro crircus poka dot poka dot afro. |
Alex: | Really? |
Marty: | It's the fuzz! What are we gonna do? |
Rufus: | Oh did that suck, Con-Air?...Con-shit. |
Mays Gilliam: | FIRE!!!!!! |
Mays Gilliam: | FIRE! |
Falling Man: | Aaaaaaaargh! |
Caretaker: | In six months he's going to look like Beyonce. |
Marcus Higgins: | Kurt: He calls it maize because it sounds mystical Rob: It's great Marcus: It's a-maize-ing |
Kurt McKenzie: | He calls it maize because it sounds mystical. |
Rob Hilliard: | It's great. |
Lenny Feder: | It's a-maize-ing. |
Aaron: | "You've got Jackie Chan in there!" |
Aaron: | You've got Jackie Chan in there! |
Mourner #1: | "Ahh shit" |
Mourner #1: | Ahh shit! |
Aaron: | "You can't turn up here with the wrong bodies, it's not burger king you can't mess up ma' order!" |
Aaron: | You can't turn up here with the wrong bodies! This isn't Burger King. You can't just mess up my order! |