Lawrence Ferbee

37 years ago tonight, April 1, 1989, Corey Glover and Living Colour performed “Cult of Personality”(1988) on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The song peaked at #13 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.

Eddie Murphy improvised the "super cops" scene in BEVERLY HILLS COP. You can see Judge Reinhold and John Ashton are trying not to laugh.

Hank Aaron and actor Chadwick Boseman on the set of the movie "42".

Jorge Jiménez showing off all the Batman runs he's been part of!

The American Film Institute will honor Eddie Murphy as the 51st Life Achievement Award recipient. Watch the full ceremony when The AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy premieres on Netflix May 31.

On March 30, 1939, Batman made his debut in Detective Comics

Camp Lo performing "Luchini" and "Black Nostaljack" on MTV's Oddville in '97

My office hours are from 9 to 5 ….

Happy 35th Anniversary to "The Five Heartbeats" 🎉🎉🎉 🗣Is there a heart in the house tonight?

"A lie told once is questioned. A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted. And once it becomes 'common sense,' people stop investigating it. That is how deception survives." ~ Malcolm X

@RetroNewsNow I still love this show. Thanks @PlutoTV

📺DEBUT: 'Nash Bridges' starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin premiered 30 years ago, March 29, 1996, on CBS

Long before 1990s sitcoms, Black comedians were shaping American comedy in bold ways. @GeoffRBennett, co-anchor of PBS NewsHour, explores this history and its lasting impact in his new book "Black Out Loud." cbsn.ws/47tviYI

Overprotected kids become unprepared adults. Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥 You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts. Hard is the lesson. Watch. Share. Bookmark.

Bruce Lee filmed his iconic fight with Kareem Abdul‑Jabbar in 1972, but it didn’t hit screens until GAME OF DEATH was released in 1978 - six years after Lee’s death.

Today is 5 HEARTBEATS 35th ANNIVERSARY Thanks to my friend co-writer @KeenenIvoryWayans CAST, CREW,FANS for making this a classic.If you haven’t seen the doc “MAKING the FIVE HEARTBEATS” it’s available on all platforms. As we say in the film “Got nothin but love for ya Baby!“

@RestrictedDaily Both version: youtu.be/ODyhJAfvrmw

There was a time when this alone could change your whole night. No clues. I’ll know who remembers.

📺On March 27, 1976, ‘Schoolhouse Rock’s’ ‘I’m Just a Bill’ first aired on ABC

Whitley Gilbert was accepted into Georgetown but chose Hillman because her grandfather was almost admitted to an Ivy League school until he showed up to the interview and they realized he was Black. She chose Hillman because it would accept and love her Blackness. A Different World premiered in 1987 and HBCU enrollment increased by 26 percent during its run. And just last year, HBCUs lost over $210 million in federal funding under trump. Under Biden, HBCU received over $17 billion and at the end of his term he said it’s still not enough. I wonder does Bill Cosby realize the bright light he shined on HBCUs? #ADifferentWorld #blacksitcoms #HBCUPride #TheBlackoutReport #BlackTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #trump #Biden

@RetroNewsNow You knew it was going to be good when they tell you it’s a Quinn Martin production. 🔥🔥

📺DEBUT: ‘Cannon’ starring William Conrad premiered as a TV movie 55 years ago, March 26, 1971, on CBS