Tommy and Cole tumbling into Martin's apartment through the window. You need your privacy. And the next day I opened my mailbox and shed sent me $500. Lawrence pauses. Hammer has a cameo. Taheim later returns to the lodge while arguing with Cole and Shanise about destroying their snowman. Martin's efforts to impress his future mother-in-law (Judyann Elder) are destroyed when a boy claims he's Martin's son. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Gina: Tisha Campbell. When Gina's friend (Merrin Dungey) comes to town, Martin and Pam call a truce in their feud and team up to expose her past. When one of the men says he can't go back to his wife because of him, Martin replies "Y'all the ones who got up and left.". At the movie theater, Gina goes over the plan to get Martin and Tommy talking again with Cole and she tells him to act like "you don't know jack." Mrs. Whitmore: Ethel Ayler. ", Bruh Man attempts to raid Martins fridge so he can make a, Martin's rules for his guests, one of which is use a paper plate "'cause I ain't washin' no dishes!". Martin and Gina decide to have a quiet night at home to rekindle their love passion. Martin offers to wear a bow-tie at dinner with Gina's parents after Gina reveals her father made her last boyfriend, who was a Muslim, cry. ", Cole is overheard saying he doesn't recognize the island where Martin and Gina were wed, only for Tommy to tell him "That's because you missed the plane. most propped. 9.1k. Waters: Judyann Elder. Gina then points out that the cigarette isn't even lit, causing Martin to reply that's because he doesn't allow smoking in his apartment. Mrs. Rodriguez: Angelina Estrada. Otis waking up Gina and Pam who are sleeping on the couch. Martin talking with a rock he names"Brother Rock.". Directed by Martin putting a chain and a flashing light on the refrigerator. When Gina tells him to renew his driver's license at the DMV, Martin replies that just because she's having a bad day doesn't mean she needs to throw "big words" at him. Martin banging Reverend Love's gavel on his desk so hard, he breaks it, after Love refuses to change the certificate. Cole waves his hands in the air and yells "And wave 'em like you just don't care! She was only in one episode, but it was one of the most memorable, featuring the beautiful Beverly Johnson at her seductive best. Tommy going "Oh, I think Uta comin' down with somethin,'" followed by Gina and Pam saying they're coming down with a "five-day Hawaiian flu. Gina and Pam put their best feet forward to be accepted into an exclusive women's club. Martin relents, but then violently attempts to get a magazine, only to be stopped by the security guard. He then comments that Ike got him for a moment. Sheneneh and Laquita crashing the meeting at the Women's League, much to Gina's consternation. Martin being rude to a customer, assuming she asked him a question because he's black. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Martin saying that Pam and Luis first met at the Million Man March. When the Rapping Chihuahua doesn't do anything, Martin calls him "the Non-Rapping Chihuahua" and orders him and Hustle Man to leave. The two give Sheneneh a, As the gang sits in Martin's apartment and braves the cold, Martin says they're all men and "There's only one woman here and that's my baby. When Pam asks if that means he'll stop insulting her, Martin asks God if he can still crack on Pam. And that trend hasnt changed. Sergeant Strong gives Martin a very strong handshake. Stan then punches Sean in the face, sending him falling to the floor, and goes ". Hustle Man pitching "free-range chicken" to Martin, who ultimately (and rudely) rejects his offer despite everyone else's protests. Shirley died last Thursday, Sept. 16, 21 days after her husband of 69 years, Jack, after a long battle with cancer. Gina accepts Sheneneh's offer to work at her salon in exchange for the tickets, and Sheneneh gives her a new hairstyle, which leaves Gina, Gina is assigned to work on Myra's feet, and she tells Myra to take off her shoes, only for Myra to inform her they. Andale!" So I went, like, broke. Martin must choose either Tommy or Cole to be his best man; Pam and Gina search for a bridesmaid's dress. 1. Tanya: Angelle Brooks. Cole dancing with one of Martin's guests and then asking a couple of questions. Had a luxurious fade-mullet-weave thing going on, which guaranteed him a spot in the top 20. Near the end, she starts to tell Martin about what happened, but Martin, who's been constantly interrupted by his guests and doesn't really get a chance to watch the match, gripes "Why you rubbin' it in, Gina? and abruptly ending the brief call. Martin sends Archibald Berry, one of Gina's co-workers, away by claiming some guys are talking smack about him. When Martin asks her to remember all the good things he did for people, Gina clearly strains to do so. Everyone's shocked reaction when the plumber regains consciousness. Like its predecessor, What's Happening Now!! After he and Mary are denied shelter at the inn, Joseph expresses his belief that it'll be like that for the next 2000 years. He made sure Shirley made a guest appearance on his then highly rated show. After Gina forces him to take back the Hoshitashi, Martin is then seen watching the Bitch 200 with Tommy and Cole. When Martin, Cole, and Tommy enter Martin's darkened apartment, they hear crunching noises and turn on the lightsonly to find that the sound is Cole eating potato chips. sports 483 on now. The King Beef movie that Cole watches, which shows King Beef, playing some kind of scientist and speaking with a funny accent, saying they must flee to America, but first he must dance, which he proceeds to do as his women cheer him on. Martin eating the snack bar Pam had in her knapsack. As they look around for evidence of Tommy's supposed criminal activities, Gina turns on the lights and Martin drops to the floor while griping for Gina to turn the lights back off. Anyway, the business, which seemed to be doing quite well, as the place was packed with customers, and they were running out of food to serve (and Pam was pulling in big tips from the customers, turned out to be a colossal failure, as Cole, (who also was the frycook) who was responsible for printing the flyers for the eatery's opening, made a mistake in having the flyers include redeemable coupons which offered "5 for 1" instead of "2 for 1" meals, which Martin wanted, and which the patronsall were using to pay for their meals with, as a fumingly angry Martin tells Cole "This is just about the dumbest thing you've ever did!". When Tommy complains Brother Claus made him late for work, Brother Claus replies "Shut up, man! Martin showing up in his apartment decked out in soldier gear, and forcing Cole to do push-ups for not being at his post on the roof. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Martin tricking the rest of the gang into leaving his apartment by saying Hustle Man has burgers. What he lacked in melanin, he made up for in swag he didn't show up often, but when he did he, kept it all the way real. He then tries to get Pam give him a password, and Pam just pushes her way into the apartment. The DMV supervisor (played by Sherman Hemsley) calling Tommy "a fake Isaac Hayes" as he forbids him from standing near Martin as he takes the test. Gina telling Martin that her car backfires so much that gangbangers duck. Waters a. Martin then asks them "Shouldn't you be out lookin' for the other glove?" After receiving the offer to host a talk show, Martin's stoked ego leads him to call "Buffin' Boss" and hastily quit his job buffing floors by yelling "Buff this!" not only did the jury decided his fate three hours earlier, but the court fees he's ordered to pay cost more than the original ticket itself, get knocked out of his shoes (and both were left on the ropes), deciding to sleep on the couch when Gina grows tired of his bad dreams, by telling him she sometimes walks around naked, The lights going off at Martin's apartment right after he tells Gina that they need at least 30 days before they do anything, Martin tries to blame Gina for everything they were doing, decides to make a quick break from the apartment, Cole pours a ridiculous amount out for the "homies" who have died, finish working together to expose Monique, an angry, growling, barely-understandable voice. Big Shirley Showed Up on IG Live! Bernice: Kymberly Newberry. Part 1 of two. At the club, Cole falls for a pretty woman who has just appeared on America's Most Wanted. Loud, unapologetic, independent, and fabulous, Martin's entrepreneurial neighbor had a big mouth and a big personality to match. After Martin insults her after thanking her for defending him against his stalker, Pam decides to leave him tied to the bed. Pam growling "Be nice!" Martin's reaction to listening to Gina's mother's attorney's phone message (which leads him to assume Gina is planning to divorce him) is to cry "Mama! and slams the door in his face. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Hemphill moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. The series was a modest hit for ABC, but production and cast problems caused ABC to cancel the series in 1979. and attempting to attack Cole. Previous episode Gina is hired to polish Martin's image, but regrets it when she ends up changing his personality. The two of them then proceed to kick not only Michaelangelo, but also the other guests out, all the while Gina stands there, hand on her face. He then excuses himself and rushes to the bathroom. Martin's naturally over-the-top reaction to finding out that Gina might be pregnant. He played a beatboxing alien in Men in Black II (2002) alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. On December 10, 1999, Hemphill was found dead at her home in West Covina, California, aged 52. Sheneneh's introductory speech, as well as the look she makes when she mentions "I'm a lady" after claiming she appeared in a music video but didn't take her clothes off. Martin and Tommy decide to get the jump on Dynamite Willy, only to end up nabbing Pam returning home, leading to this exchange: Martin telling Pam to "lock jaw" on Dynamite Willy. Born Died December 10, 1999 (52) Add to list Photos 26 Known for What's Happening!! Waters with "What's up, doc?". Martin and Pam screaming in terror at the end after Martin's stalker shows up outside his room. Sheneneh's date Valentino's insulting comments about Martin, Gina, Tommy, and Pam. Shirley Hemphill was born on 1 July 1947 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. . After he and Pam get lost in the woods, Martin laments he's in the ". For a time in Season 3, Cole appeared to be attracted strictly to plus-sized women and dated a security guard named Big Shirley (who is fully seen in only one episode; another episode only showed "her" below the neck to portray her as being a quite large woman,who's much taller and bigger than Cole, and even taller and larger than Tommy, who stands about '6'4"). tech 94 . Martin referring to Gina's mother's attorney as "Chris Darden.". After breaking up with Big Shirley, Martin convinces Cole to get back into the dating scene. gear 211 on now. When giving everyone "a cap" of water from a single water bottle to drink, after being given his cap. Next episode The series failed to attract an audience and was canceled in June 1980. 88: 7 . He then proceeds to kick Bruh Man out. Martin attempts to leave jury duty, only to promptly be caught by guards and dragged back into the room. The three of them moving towards the door when Gina reacts in surprise upon finding a piece of mail addressed to Martin. Martin watching a monster movie and commenting that people who look back at the attacking monster always die. Waters denounces Martin as a fool, Martin comes back up to shoot Dr. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! To make it funnier, Martin, who's opposed to the idea of seeing a marriage counselor, comments he's starting to like it. She was like a big sister: I dont want you moving in with nobody. Amanda, the head of the league, then questions Sheneneh about her husband, and Sheneneh and Laquita confirm his infidelity. Martin returns home and delicately reveals to a sleeping Gina on the couch that he has a son, then jumps on her and hugs her aggressively. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Waters "Call me?" He Say, She Say was the sixth episode of Season 4 of Martin, also the 87th overall episode of the series. Jerome was the original playa from the Himalayaaaaas. She reveals that her heel broke and shows Martin the damaged shoe. Cole then inadvertently causes Martin and Gina to miss the ending of the movie, and he tells the couple that the maid was the culprit, causing Martin to reply there wasn't a maid in the whole movie. He passed away in 2021 due to complications from diabetes. When the Paynes meet Miss Mini, Martin tells her she's probably looking for "apartment 227," to which Miss Mini replies she doesn't work for them anymore. Martin getting aggressive with the police officers who come to arrest Ricky for credit card fraud. Pam reacting in disgust after Martin and Gina make up and everyone else in the room applauds. Before that, Officer Otis accosts a burly man at the ATM and sends him off. The judge saying he never wants to see any of the people involved in the case again. Cole then assumes Martin and Gina are getting a divorce. After his father takes the mine and Pam leaves the room, Tommy calls his father on keeping a land mine in his hotel room, to which Sergeant Strong answers, "Always expect the unexpected.". Even better, lots of coins fall to the floor, and a few other bystanders gather to collect them. Meanwhile, Tommy and Pam decide to see other people. When the gang (sans Martin) returns to Pam's apartment, it turns out Cole has been injected with a tranquilizer back at the mental hospital. . Martin lands a job interview at a TV station---and has just one day to come up with an audition tape. In the Season 1 episode "Baby It's Cole'd Here"(#10), Cole and Martin's friendship is put to the test as Cole, after an argument with his overbearing mother Maddie Brown (Miss Laura Hayes) in which she kicks him out and he's forced to temporarily stay with Martin, who tries to get him to stand wp to his mom, as he also tries to get him out of his place by getting Cole reconcile with his mother so she could invite him to move back home with her. Martin's hesitation over laying down on a bed of needles to prove his faith. At the club, Cole falls for a pretty woman who has just appeared on ""America's Most Wanted"". When the security guard confronts him about his behavior, he mimics the guard and asserts the man isn't a real cop, even flicking off the guard's clip-on tie to prove his point. Tracy Clayton is an audio producer for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Martin Lawrence. Afterward Hemphill spent most of the early 1980s working in nightclubs around the U.S. and making occasional guest appearances on TV shows, including The Love Boat and Trapper John, M.D.. Putting him all the way up at No. Mrs. He was scarcely seen and this was his only line, but he spoke to all of our souls, saying what we'd like to say to everyone who needs to get out of our faces. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shirley_Hemphill&oldid=1110218937, Episode: "Rich Is Better Than Poor Maybe", Episode: "Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet", This page was last edited on 14 September 2022, at 08:20. Martin acting like a child when Gina has to leave town for business, and him blaming Pam when she comes to the apartment to collect Gina and breaks up an affectionate moment between the couple. While Martin is meeting with a record producer friend of his, he runs into Hustle Man who auditions for the producer by playing a kazoo attached to a saxophone. The Irish nun at the orphanage thinking Martin is an orphan. Simpson). Mama Payne's message on the Paynes' answering machine. Pam: Tichina Arnold. When Gina remarks that someone has to bring home the bacon, Martin quips back that "the only bacon we got is bakin' soda!". Martin constantly interrupts Jackson while he's rehearsing a scene with Gina and eventually causes him to fall to the floor. Martin Lawrence. It then turns out that the woman he was feeling up is Gina's visiting mother Nadine. Sheneneh opening her door and asking Cole "Are. Martin injuring his back again after Gina's boss pats him on the back. When Pam suggests that Gina act more like Mama Payne, Gina replies she can't grow a mustache. ", The rest of the gang shunning Cole for emitting "hungry aromas.". When Pam starts to recall how she and Tommy were intimate, Martin tells to stop "before we all need a damn doctor!". Martin dumping Ruby's body in front of a pet store clerk when the latter keeps saying he needs more specific details as to what kind of bird Martin and Gina are looking for. Gina then comes out from the back, sees what's going on, and hollers at Martin, who stops. Martin Lawrence. Pam attempting to attack Sheneneh in court after she insults her, to the point where she jumps onto the plaintiff's table, only to be stopped. Sheneneh retorting at Valentino that she stayed up with him all night because she was afraid he'd bore himself to death. The most beautiful part of it all, is that she did it without needing any fanfare about it, nor wanting anything in return. When Tommy asks Cole and Shanise to testify for him. Martin explaining how he sprained his ankle by telling Gina he did a reverse slam dunk and flew through the air "like Jordan," only to come down hard on his ankle. mode: 'thumbnails-rr1', The first few questions, Cole answers he doesn't know. He then approaches Tommy and Cole and asks who they're there with, and the two guys grab a nearby woman and hold her between them. When Cole offers to play Romeo, the rest of the gang yells "HELL, NO! Tommy: Thomas Mikal Ford. Gina tells Martin he needs to clean the dirty dishes in the sink, and Martin replies he'll do so after they're finished watching a movie. Gina getting distracted by a toy she once played with as a child. This exchange during "Shawntina's" performance, as Biggie and Martin look at Tommy in confusion and outrage: The ending reveals that Sheneneh was the winner of the competition. ABC canceled the series in June 1980.[9]. OUT, I SAY! Pam's reaction to finding out that she signed on the wrong line on Martin and Gina's marriage certificate. She was also a regular at The Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles. She then proceeds to sing ". When Gina goes around collecting Martin's stuff in her apartment, Martin asks her if he did something wrong. Martin finding Bruh Man in his kitchen making a sandwich after. When Martin asks what does he do, Cole smiles and replies "Same thing as Tommy." Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. I hate you, you you you funky. Later, Tommy checks the woman's neck and notes it looks swollen. When Tommy and Pam explain what's really going on. When challenged about his preparedness for the coming interview, Martin insists to his friends and Gina that "They called. and insisting "I ain't losin' it!" Martin joking that Big Shirley ate one too many Doritos and popped. Then he shows up at Martin's apartment, wanting Martin to meet all of his new girl friends, one at a time. Pam demanding "What is everyone so damn happy about on this cruise?" Pam: Tichina Arnold. after she and Cole meet Isaac at the bar. Rating. 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