Last week, my friend Rusty had the opportunity to ask Adam Horovitz about the source of the sample. Horovitz kindly obliged him with the answer. I was standing there and heard it too. Stupidly, neither of us wrote down the answer. Later, when we tried to recall the name, we drew a blank.
Thankfully, questions may be asked again, and that's what happened this week. Parkey, a member of the Beastie Boys Message Board, was able to repeat the question when interviewing Horovitz and Mike Diamond for an article to be published in Clash magazine. Unlike Rusty and me, Parkey had paper and pen. He documented the answer.
Drumroll, please!
The source of the mashed potatoes sample -- according to Adam Horovitz and courtesy of Parkey -- is comedian Mantan Moreland from his album That Ain't My Finger.
Although we have been unable to find the specific track from Moreland's album featuring the sample (
Mantan Moreland in Charlie Chan*TAL uploaded an mp3 of Moreland's skit with the mashed potatoes line. Download it here.
More on Mantan Moreland at:
Wikipedia IMDB.com Africanamericans.com
31 comments:
Kudos to Parkey for sharing this with us and to Laver1969 for all his research on the sample!
this has been a mic to mic exclusive, y'all! ;D
OMG, that sounds nothing like Bosley!!!! But you could see where I was coming from right? Now that I see the name, i can remember him saying that...im suprised he Parkey asked the question, and Adrock was probably like, WTF 2 of these questions in the same week? Excellent scoop!
No, I can't see where you got "Bosley" out of "Mantan Moreland." At least I had the first letter right with my "Mumphries" guess! LOL
that was one of the questions i gave to parkey to ask! yay! i'm glad it was finally answered. :)
and now documented. ;D
mantan moreland was on charlie chan - which is referenced in brass monkey - which paulb seems to have had a lot of. hehe
On the serious tip. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH PARKEY. I'm gonna scoop up the album and find this sample.
Pootytang
Aye - you can thank Klepto for this really. I wouldn't have thought to ask otherwise!
I always thought it was Richard Prior...
i found a copy on e-bizzle mr. tang.
hello...I just have an idea for this killer blog...how about when the album comes out or if you have some songs from The Mix-Up now...people can summit songs from the new album with their own lyrics. Like people have done with remixes. What do you guys think?
Wow it's taken 13 years and we finally have an answer. That pic of the album cover nearly made me choke coffee all over some important paperwork, but I managed to hit the floor. Note to self: coffee thru the nose in reverse doesn't feel too good.
---- Damian in Seattle
I'm kinda disappointed that we found out. It would've been better left a mystery. And I would've gotten away with it to if it weren't for you pesky kids and that dastardly pootytang!!!!
I was tired of seeing the question pop up on the BBMB all the time. I'm glad it has been answered.
Good lord finally, now all the guys stick their dicks in the mashed potatoes and celebrate!
omg i didn't know it was gonna be THAT kind of party! maybe i shouldn't be seeing this! *shields eyes*
...is yauch here? *peeks*
Hey hey hey....thank you Parkey!!! I think we should throw a party. I'll bring the mashed potatoes.
-Laver
a babe ruth goes to the first person to supply an mp3!
I would like to hear the album.
Thanks for solving the mystery, Scooby gang.
http://rapidshare.com/files/35494860/Mantan.mp3.html
There you go, ladies.
Good work young Padawans
Very nice. Thanks, TAL!
*brilliant*
I was soo wrong! the long quest has finally ended. thanks for revealling the big potatoe-mystery that kept me up all these years :-)
Best. Article. Ever. thank you so very much.
Well done - thanks!
Eazy-E beat B-Boys in using that as a sample.
Tal, is that just the single clip or is that the whole album? If its the whole album i wont bother with the below, but if it isn't, I found 1 copy of it on e-bay. I plan on bidding on it. If i do win ill record it to mp3 so more people can enjoy it.
i can't wait to actually stick my dick in some mashed potatoes
1:40 mark here -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smrJ7459pj0
I can't believe the guy who thought it was richard pryor. No chance in hell. Sounded like something redd fox would say, but didn't sound like him. How did the Beastie Boys ever find a clip from this act? I'm impressed
classic! i remember being 13 jammin to this cd for the first time .. i had to rewind it like 5 times i was dying....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smrJ7459pj0
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