I talked mad smack about BET's Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is in the past, but I finally
And when I say hoodrats, I mean Frankie of course. Man, this clip never gets old.
"Holla! Man Down Situation! Code 10!"
Seriously, you couldn't invent this character. And since we're on the topic, does anyone know what the heck "Man Down Situation: Code 10" means?
Another show I sorta like is 50 Cent: The Money And The Power, which depending on what site you read, has or hasn't already been cancelled. The show is your garden variety elimination style competition, as Curtis Jackson takes the contestants thru various street hustles to determine who gets $100K to start a bid'ness.
Yeah, it sounds boring as hell on paper, and that's prolly why it got the early hook (although it's oddly still airing as I write this). But unlike most shows of this sort where some random weedcarrier takes the contestants through the competitions (and the star shows up at the end), 50 Cent is more or less in every scene of the show. I can't say if this is a good or bad thing, but it all adds up to a decent show in the end. Catch it before it's actually gone for good.
Question: Do you watch Keyshia Cole or 50 Cent's reality shows? What's your favorite reality show? What the hell is a "Man Down/Code 10"?
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i absolutely watch keyshia cole's show. probably the best reality show on TV if for nothing else than frankie and neffe. i enjoy watching reality shows because it helps me see that my life isn't as f-ed up as i think it is from time to time...clearly someone else's life is just as crazy.
and i don't think frankie ever really explained what "man down" meant, but you have to catch the episode where keyshia took the whole family to the islands to get the full definition of "code 10." frankie stood up and explained it the only way frankie can...pure comedy...i assume it's something frankie picked up during her years in the system.
the other thing that frankie and neffe say that kills me is "at the end of the day..." count how many times in an episode they say that!! LOL...it is clear in their minds everything happens at the end of the day instead of the beginning or middle!!
I don't care much for reality TV, but Keyshia's show is something I catch on occasion. I like how she's trying to get her family to have some semblance of looking like a family.
I think alot of young people can relate to it because they have families that are just as dysfunctional. Hell, I have an uncle is on that stuff and just as out the box as Frankie herself.
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Basically, Code 10/Man Down means whatever Frankie wants it to mean in any given situation....LOL
Other favs include "Are you serious right now!?" and "Absolutely not!"
^LOL...I forgot about those. But what about the episode when they (her and neffe) were outside that hotel and frankie talked about taking a drug test...that deep darth vadar voice she did had me hollering!! "If you don't believe me, we can go to the store right now and I'll take a mother f****** drug test!!!" Classic. I need to try that type of voice in the near future so people will take me seriously. LMAO!!
I can't watch either of these shows. I think it's great that Keyshia is helping her family out, but I think BET is exploiting them. They spend the majority of the episodes arguing, cussing, and acting just plain old "ghetto." I heard 50's show was cancelled due to poor ratings. Are you sure it's still on.
The only reality shows I like are the home flipping ones and the Housewives series on Bravo. It never ceases to amaze me at how those woman have all that money and their children act like total brats. Plus it's the only reality show that puts whites in a somewhat negative light.
Keep watching all these black reality shows and there will be plenty more of them, with us looking like idiots.
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I am so ashamed for you. You agree that TEE VEE SUX. So you mean to tell my you find the worst of what's on TEE VEE. SHEESH
that clip...I don't know if I've ever seen that much famewhoredom packed into 6 minutes...smh
I can't watch either of these shows. I think it's great that Keyshia is helping her family out, but I think BET is exploiting them...
Co-sign! KC should prolly help her famz from a distance.
I've never been a fan of Sir Fiddy.
BTW, what's the deal with MTV's "Man and Wife", with Shonda and her hoopin n' hollin' @ss hubby, Fatman Scoop? Their show was cute for all of 2 minutes. I don't know if MTV pulled the plug on them.
"Man Down/Code 10" sounds like corrections officer lingo.
@ Tal10th
Yeah, that "end of the day" thing kills me too. HOLLA!!!!!
@ LadyLee
Them folks are beyond dysfunctional. One thing I like about the show is that it seems comparatively 'real' as opposed to blatantly scripted. You couldn't make up a character like Frankie.
@ Almond Joy
Come on, I know you have a better definition than that. Didn't she explain this at some point?
Do you remember the scene/episode where she walked off singin' "..but it's over nooooow"? Man, I damn near choked with laughter.
@ Nicole
Yeah, all the flipping shows are great too. There's a new one called Renovation Realities on HGTV that's amazing.
@ CJames
This coming from a man who bought the College Hill box set...
@ MissKate
famewhoredom... or heroin. take your pick.
@ Denise
Man & Wife was just awful. I couldn't take 2 mins of that fat fella and all his rolls.
and I thought Man & Wife was a joke....R U serious? It was a real show?
HOLLA!! frankie and neffy and comic relief!!! love 'em and their oh-so-ghetto-isms.
that paint ball episode was hysterical- MAN DOWN!! CODE 10!! and frankie has re-coined the term "not a good look" LOL!!!!!!
and don't forget "absolutely NOT"
i may have to get the box set if it ever comes out.
Is it wrong that I think she pulled the term from the Snoop Dogg skit played at the song "Akrite" by Dr. Dre?
(I don't know AverageBro's Polices well so I'll just ask you to Google it)
That show is a trip! I started watching Brothers to Brutha but they cried and whined too much for me so I had to stop watching. Only time I'll catch it is if I'm waiting on Keyshia's family drama to come on. Sorry I could barely hear Frankie when she talked about what "man down, code 10" was.
Naw, never watched either of them. And just in case you didn't know, the plug has been pulled on 50's show due to low ratings.
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