Flavor Flav -- The Ad That Sets America Back 60 Yrs

[Nitro Express]

I want to taste the love baybee!

[chefcraig]

Yeah, but Sambo wasn't African, he was an east Indian.

Doesn't matter. The chain was plagued by protests and boycotts in the late seventies because of the negative perception of the name. The company went so far as to change the name because of the furor, not to mention municipalities refused the restaurants to open or even be built because of it. Ironically, when the chain went bankrupt, many of the restaurants were sold to Denny's, an outfit that had it's own issues in the past decade for refusing to serve blacks.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Dot Heads is what I call them.

dot heads are "push starts" turbans are "pull starts"

[Nitro Express]

Dot Heads is what I call them.

Now now. These are the people who wrote the Kama Sutra. No wonder there are a billion of them. All those centuries of fucking and sucking without good birth control.

[indeedido]

Yeah, but Sambo wasn't African, he was an east Indian. They don't have bengal tigers in Africa. What I never got is you could get pancakes there but no curry dishes.

The restaurant though was a pun on a popular children's book at the time called "Little Black Sambo". See the similarity?

[sadaist]

It's just southern food. My father in law is a southerner so at the in-laws, it's fried chicken, okra, corn bread, black eyed peas, catfish, hush puppies, collard greens, turnip greens, mustard greens.

Makes sense. My friends that took me there were from Louisiana. That food was fucking good though.

[sadaist]

Is it racist that I prefer the dark meat?

[ashstralia]

our local indian joint has the best tikka masala and garlic naan ever. fucking epic.

[chefcraig]

Is it racist that I prefer the dark meat?

As long as your friends and family (as well as her's) don't mind, who cares?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Is it racist that I prefer the dark meat?

i'm sure somebody will think so

[Terry]

It's just southern food. My father in law is a southerner so at the in-laws, it's fried chicken, okra, corn bread, black eyed peas, catfish, hush puppies, collard greens, turnip greens, mustard greens.

Southerers LOVE deep fried catfish.

It IS pretty good.

I like collard greens, although a few hours after eating them I always blow an o-ring.

[vh rides again]

I just seen this and had to laugh. My partner and I have been planning a trip up to clinton for the last week to get us some of that chicken, its only a half hour drive up the mississippi. Ill let you all know the scoop on the place.
A local radio station in Davenport Iowa was there for the grand opening and the DJs said the waitresses were HOT and the chicken was good.
I would like to get a pic with flav.

[Nitro Express]

Southerers LOVE deep fried catfish.

It IS pretty good.

I like collard greens, although a few hours after eating them I always blow an o-ring.

Hell yeah. Deep fried catfish is done well is the shit. Add in some hush puppies and a side of collards and youse be fine eating.

[ashstralia]

i'm so going to google all this food for my next 'gday usa' party.

[Nitro Express]

Is it racist that I prefer the dark meat?

Chicken is like suntanned women. The white parts taste the best.