Mantan Moreland and The Beastie Boys

If you know the song  "B-Boys Makin’ with the Freak Freak" from the Beastie Boys' "Ill Communication" LP, you'll remember the sample about mashed potatoes.  Well, here's where it came from: a bit by chitlin' circuit comedian Mantan Moreland, from his "party record" (i.e. dirty jokes), "That Ain't My Finger."



I've never understood why the music is dubbed under Moreland's routine.  I assume it's on the record like that, and not dubbed in by some lame YouTuber.  Anyhow, Moreland's other big claim to fame is playing manservant Birmingham Brown in the Charlie Chan films.  Below, you'll find two scenes from Chan pictures in which Moreland recreates his vaudeville/chitlin' routine of incomplete sentences, with comedian Ben Carter (who would sadly die young despite a promising career).  A model of classic comic timing.