OS 20: OUT ON THE TOWN

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS THAT TIME!!

TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!

The 2020 OBSDN Men of Color Calendar is now ready for shopping and shipping! 

You can check out  12 guys from across the country in various fields pose in black white pic collages consisting of tasteful artistic body poses , undergear and fashion styles. 

To purchase go to www.maatology-productions.myshopify.com or click the ad on the right hand side of this blog (WEB VERSION OF BLOG).  LIMITED SUPPLY WILL BE SOLD.

Here are the gents who have participated in the 2020 calendar. This is the poster that is also on sale on the Shopify link. It retails at www.maatology-productions.myshopify.com 

Parts of the proceeds of both the calendar and poster  will go Jessie B's Academy for Preschoolers in St Louis.

We will be seeking gents of color for our 2021 calendar set for July 2020 release. Shoots will start Jan 16. If interested in shooting email to snaphoney2011@gmail.com for more details!

Now lets get town!

YOURS TRULY didnt do any traveling last weekend, so we will create some new segments:

FIT TALEZ

Here is a new segment that will be posting weekly:

YOURS TRULY have been in the fitness game for well over 20 years in the St Louis area and I have seen many people come and go at fitness centers and many situations that has left a memory that left more than what was seen:

There was a middle age white guy who used to go to the gym at Bally Total Fitness on Forsyth in Midtown STL who would always rerack the weights when he saw them out of their area. He mainly did that with the dumbbell and the weight plates. Now, mind you, there was a rule where people rerack their weights back in place, but he had taken it to the extreme. Sometime people would use like a dumbbell and put it on the floor in their area work space, maybe go and get some water and before you know it, their weight is gone. There were many times when people would tell him, "Im still using that weight," to the point where one guy, a gym head black guy  who used to play for the St Louis Rams  got into a confrontation with him about reracking his weight without him finishing and the gym head said "Keep talking shit." Well, the white guy got spooked and went to tell the manager of their  intense tete a tete. Well, on that day, he cooled down on his reracking but did it stop him from that day on? Of course he didnt.

LOL

                                                         WHO'Z SMILIN?

Here is a new segment that will be done biweekly.

                                                  Who do these smiles belong to?

    (THE FIRST TO EMAIL at snaphoney2011@gmail.com by DEC 23

    THE CORRECT ANSWERS CAN WIN A CHANCE TO RECEIVE $50)

For this week, I have one

As I was driving down Market in St Louis one morning, I saw a guy riding one of those Lime Scooters on the side of the street and he had his dog on a leash who was sprinting to keep up with him. I was like WTF! Those scooters are already a safety hazard but holding onto a running dog while riding one is utterly STOOPID.

Now what could have happened were the following scenarios :

A. The dog could have tripped and the guy would've slid the dog with the leash. 

B.The guy could have let go of the leash and the dog still trying to follow his master.

OR 

C.He could have tripped up on the scooter, falling into traffic as his dog runs out of the way of danger.

LOL

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OS 19. OUT ON THE TOWN

HEY OUTSTAGRS!

ITS THAT TIME!!

TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!

The 2020 OBSDN Men of Color Calendar is now ready for shopping and shipping! 

You can check out  12 guys from across the country in various fields pose in black white pic collages consisting of tasteful artistic body poses , undergear and fashion styles. 

To purchase go to www.maatology-productions.myshopify.com or click the ad on the right hand side of this blog (WEB VERSION OF BLOG).  LIMITED SUPPLY WILL BE SOLD.

Here are the gents who have participated in the 2020 calendar. This is the poster that is also on sale on the Shopify link. It retails at www.maatology-productions.myshopify.com 

Parts of the proceeds of both the calendar and poster  will go Jessie B's Academy for Preschoolers in St Louis.

Now lets get town!

Last Saturday, I attended Jessica Black's annual fundraiser for her pre school academy, Jessie B's at the Kappa House in Midtown St Louis.  

 YOURS TRULY presenting Jessica Black a check for $200 for donations from my calendar, OBSDN.  Photo by www.soliderbyblood.com

                                         Black at the mic welcoming everyone at the gala.

 Young boys demonstrating their learning to play the congra drum as their teacher 
Yahalelei Ben Kaniyah looks on. 

                                     The Academy Dance Team performing for the crowd. 

 Lou We Wood Radios' Antione Larry receiving an award from Black fro his contribution to the Academy.

 Mr April OBSDN 2020 rep Brandon Chisom presenting an award to Tony Davis for his work with the Academy.

YOURS TRULY posing with rapper Rinaa who won the 2020 OBSDN Men of Color Calendar and Poster during the gala's raffle and Chisom. Photo by www.soliderbyblood.com

For this week, I have one

On Wednesday, I had gone to the CVS Pharmacy on Lindell to pick up some items and I was in front of a young college kid in line. The college kid asked about where to find a particular item while in line and the check out lady told him where to find it. 

She placed his items to the side of the counter and then she said, "Next in line."

She had a perturbed look on her face and said to me, "I dont get these college kids these days, They do not know how to shop. When my kids were in school I made sure to teach them how to shop.

I laughed it off and just said, "I hear ya."

Then she went into a rabbit hole and said, "That's like my father, he was in Vietnam. And he had to learn how to fold clothes. If he didn't do it right, he had to clean the floors with a toothbrush."

She chuckled.

Again, I just said, 'I hear ya."

Soon after the college kid walked up behind me waiting to be checked as I walked off.

Then I said to myself after I walked out the store, "What made her go off like that?"

Who knows, but I know not to have all my items if I get her to check me and for her to talk about us lazy men. 

LOL

SPECIAL OUT ON THE TOWN: TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME

Television has been an important medium in America since the early 1950s. Spearheading off from radio and post-WW2 socioeconomic optimism, television and its programming have been through many changes (willingly and unwillingly)  in regards to what people watch and what is given for them to watch. From those changes,  TV gatekeepers have been forced to greenlight programming to create diversity to appeal to specific ethnic groups (mainly African Americans)to capitalize on those demands. 

Below are OUTSTAGN BLOGSPOT'S choices of the Top 50 Black Television Shows which made a impact on not just television, but also helped shape the Black Experience Narrative. There were hundreds of programs to choose from--from sitcomes, dramas, game shows, children shows and music variety shows--but the ones we had chosen we believe influenced television the most by being the first in its inception, spawning spinoffs and/or influencing  popular  (POP) culture. 

Before we reveal the list, here is our definition of what a Black Television Show is:

--The program must have an African American as the lead actor/actress/host 

AND/OR

--The program has a majority African American cast 

As a teaser, here are No. 60 to No. 51.

60.THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW 

59.KEENAN N KEL 

58.ATLANTA

57.THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW 

56.POSE

55.BLACK JESUS

54.HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER 


53.OZ

52.INSECURE

51.GIRLFRIENDS

Here is the Top 50:

50.MOESHA

(1996-2001)

49.NEW YORK UNDERCOVER
(1994-1999)

48.SOLID GOLD (DIONNE WARWICK, first host 1980-81)

47.WHAT'S HAPP'NING!
(1976-1979)

46.BENSON
(1979-1986)

45.THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA
(2008-PRESENT)

44.DIFF'RENT STROKES
(1978-1985)

43.POWER
(2014-PRESENT)

42.HARRIS AND COMPANY
(1979)

41.JACKSON 5IVE CARTOON
(1971-1972)

40.NOAH'S ARC
(2005-2006)

39.GENERATIONS
(1989-1991)

38.AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
(2003-PRESENT)

37.THE BILL COSBY SHOW
(1969-1971)

36.THE SAMMY DAVIS JR SHOW
(1966)

35.GET CHRISTIE LOVE!
(1974-1975)

34.MUSICAL CHAIRS
(1975)

33.THE MELBA MOORE AND CLIFTON DAVIS SHOW
(1972)

32.ROOM 222
(1969-1974)

31.BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
(1970)

30.FAT ALBERT  AND THE COSBY KIDS 

(1972-1985)

29.CHAPPELLE'S SHOW

(2003-2006)

28.DELLA

(1969-1970)

27.DEF COMEDY JAM
(1992-1997)

26.A DIFFERENT WORLD
(1987-1993)

25.BLACK-ISH 

(2014-PRESENT)

24.THE BOONDOCKS

(2005-2008; 2014)

23.EMPIRE
(2015-PRESENT)

22.THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
(1971-1977)

21.LIVING SINGLE
(1993-1998)

20.THE HAZEL SCOTT SHOW

(1950)

19.SOUL!

(1968-1973)

18.THE BEULAH SHOW
(1950-1952)

17.FRANKS PLACE
(1987-1988)

16.THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW
(1989-1994)'

15.MARTIN

(1992-1997)

14.SCANDAL
(2012-2018)

13.IN LIVING COLOR
(1990-1994)

12.THE NAT KING COLE SHOW
(1956-1957)

11.SOUL FOOD

(2000-2004)

HERE IS OUR TOP 10

10.THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
(1977)

9.SANFORD AND SON
(1972-1977)

8.GOOD TIMES
(1974-1979)

7.JULIA
(1968-1971)

6.THE FLIP WILSON SHOW
(1970-1974)

5.THE AMOS N ANDY SHOW
(1951-1953)

4.THE JEFFERSONS
(1975-1985)

3.THE COSBY SHOW
(1984-1992)

2.THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
(1986-2012)

AND THE NO. 1 MOST 

INFLUENTIAL BLACK TV 

SHOW 

OF ALL TIME IS........................................

1.SOUL TRAIN
(1971-2006)