It worked for Moreland, too.
Kenneth"Diggy" Moreland: I never thought about it.
Moreland:"Last time I saw you, you lived over…".
Kenneth" Diggy" Moreland.
Moreland's earliest roles were in“race films,”
made with black actors for black audiences.
Remember Moe Howard's suggestion that Moreland would be a great Stooge if the need arose?
Moreland concluded from this that the conditions of the Indian people had
not worsened under the British rule.
He suggested to brother Moe that Moreland would be the perfect replacement stooge, should the need ever arise.
Had history unfolded just a little differently, Mantan Moreland would most likely have never become
forgotten in the first place.
Cutting his teeth on the brutally competitive vaudeville stage, Moreland honed his comedy skills doing several live shows a day.
While“chauffeur” certainly doesn't sound like a memorable role, Moreland, as usual,
made the character one of the most memorable parts of the series.
A high point of the series is when he and
Darro recreate one of the bits that made Moreland a hit on the stage.
All Council meetings- held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month- are normally held at:
Council Chamber, Moreland Civic Centre, 90 Bell Street, Coburg.
I mean, we would all seen our better days by that time,
but ol' Moreland,- now there was a talent that could'
a' invigorated the whole act!
Kenneth"Diggy" Moreland may or may not end up with
Rachel Lindsay's final rose on The Bachelorette, but it's clear the senior inventory analyst from Chicago has already left his mark.
It's easy to understand, though, why Moreland's scared routine sits a little uncomfortably today,
especially as he plays a servant to white men to boot- which is not something Bob Hope had to do.
Moreland's comic timing manages to transcend the decades
in films like King of the Zombies(1941), where he steals the show, saving what would otherwise be a completely forgettable(and by now, probably long-forgotten) comedy-horror flick.
Moreland was quickly moved up to supporting roles
in all-black westerns like Harlem on the Prairie(1937) and Two-Gun Man from Harlem(1938), playing the comic sidekick to Herb Jeffries(better known as the Bronze Buckaroo, America's first black singing cowboy).
Moreland made a few TV appearances on shows like“Adam 12” and“Love,
American Style” and released a few raunchy“party records” on the Laff label, including That Ain't My Finger(his“mashed potatoes” punchline famously appears in the Beastie Boys song“B-Boys Makin' With the Freak Freak”).