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Most Recent Role: Himself on Baisden After Dark
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Louisiana, USA
Birthday: 0-0-1940
Birth Name: Paul Mooney I
Paul Mooney wrote most of Richard Pryor's stand up comedy material. Invented "In Living Color" character Homey The Clown. He grew up in Oakland. He also wrote stand up comedy for Redd Foxx.

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Baisden After Dark
Has Black Comedy Become a Hot Ghetto Mess?
Saturday 19 January 2008 on Other

Michael discusses Black Comedy's class with Paul Mooney, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Bill Bellamy. Ken Bright performs.

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Paul Mooney played the role of Daman Wayans' father in the Spike Lee film "Bamboozled" as the comedian Junebug.
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Paul Mooney was the head writer for "The Richard Pryor Show". He gave Sandra Bernhard her first big break in show business. (edit)
In January 2006, Paul Mooney appeared in a three-part mini-series with Wayne Brady entitled "That's What I'm Talking About". (edit)
Paul Mooney was the head writer for the television series "In Living Color" during its first season. (edit)
On November 26, 2006, Mooney appeared on CNN and talked about how he would stop using "the n-word", due to Michael Richards' outbursts on stage at The Laugh Factory. (edit)

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Paul Mooney: Why do white people love Wayne Brady? Because Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.
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8.9
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"Childhood favorite"
I never forget the funniest comedian I saw on Robert Townsend's comedy shows!
Continue » Posted Aug 31, 2006 6:26 am PST
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