Anthony Anderson likes to steal every scene he is in and turns out he just likes to steal.
Today when the black-ish star was on The Real, they asked him if it is true that he brought home some linen towels from the White House. He came clean and admitted that he did. However, he took them for his co-star Deon Cole, who wanted his boss to bring something back for him.
Anderson not only stole for Cole, but he also took stuff for himself. Not from 1600 Penn, but from Air Force Two. When he was traveling with Michelle Obama with the USO, he noticed that they had some grape Kool-Aid on the plane. Therefore, he took two packs of that and a deck of cards with her face on it.
Hey, Secret Service, go get him! Joking.
The big takeaway from this story is that the Obamas and Donald Trump have something in common. They both want you to drink the Kool-Aid. However, only the Donald wants you to drink it with cyanide in it.
Anthony Anderson went to CVS yesterday to buy some Depends. There is a crucial reason why he shared this journey with us. The black-ish actor is afraid of explosive poop-ish while he sleeps. Not every night, just last night. That is because he is going for a colonoscopy today, and he drank that drink.
That was last night; this morning, he is getting the procedure done at USC. The actor is doing a video diary of the experience. Why is he is being as open as his butthole will be? He said, “I suggest all men especially men of color get this done. I say at age 45. By check with your doctor! Health is wealth!”
It is not a fun 24 hours for anyone, but it is worth it if they catch colon cancer early. You can also have peace of mind if they find nothing or precancerous polyps. They can remove the latter while they are in there.
Colonoscopies and the side effects are nothing to be embarrassed about. We will all get one. Thanks to people like Anderson for normalizing it.
UPDATE: Anthony Anderson gave an update, and said, “Clean bill of health. No polyps! Thank you to the doctors at USC KECK Medical center!”
Now he is in the clear for 10 years. Hopefully, those Depends will last that long. Do they?
On October 4th, black-ish is getting a one-hour special on ABC. One of the two political based episodes will be animated.
Today, the network released the first look at the cartoonish versions of the Johnsons. They really captureed Tracee Ellis Ross, Lawrence Fishburne, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Marsai Martin. However, I cannot say the same for Anthony Anderson and Jenifer Lewis. I don’t know how those figures are supposed to be, but they are not Dre and his mother, Ruby.
Hopefully, they will look better when their animated characters are actually animated, and not just standing there.
The networks let us know when their unscripted shows would be back. Today, ABC filled us in when their sitcoms will be hitting the airwaves.
The Goldbergs is paying tribute to Airplane in their season premiere episode on October 21st. On that night, they will air two episodes. Then at 9p, The Conners are back on the couch. They are followed at 9:30p by Black-ish that almost didn’t premiere in the fall.
Then a week later, American Housewife will join the Wednesday lineup at 8:30p.
I don’t know who is happier about this news, me or my DVR. The latter has been feeling neglected because there is nothing for it to record.
The cast of Black-ish is very animated. Therefore, it makes sense that they would get an animated episode on ABC. That special episode will air on October 4th, as part of a two-episode special event. Both eps will focus on voting.
In “Election Special Pt. 1,” (10:00-10:30 p.m. EDT), Junior is excited for his first time voting but discovers he has been purged from the voter polls so he does a deep dive into why – trying to understand the systems in place for voter registration. “Election Special Pt. 1” is directed by Matthew A. Cherry and written by Eric Horsted.
Then, in a special animated episode, “Election Special Pt. 2,” (10:30-11:00 p.m. EDT), Dre’s colleague Stevens (Peter Mackenzie) makes an ill-advised decision to run for Congress, so Dre enlists his family’s help and campaigns against him but gets caught up with fundraising and private interest groups. “Election Special Pt. 2” is directed by Matthew A. Cherry and written by Graham Towers & Ben Deeb.
These are standalone episodes. Season seven will air sometime after that.
