Bitches to Rags – S03/E02
- Lynxi Welcome
- Episode synopsis
- HBOMax Synopsis: Thugnificent has seen better days. Auto-tune, rap beef, nothing can stop the IRS when his new album tanks. Faced with the horror of getting a real job, Otis Jenkins takes some pretty desperate measures to stay afloat.
Pre Show:
- Uncle Barry
- Michelle nicknames
- Moving status
- Furniture
- Tiny house
- Elon Musk
- Harry Carey/Caray
- Christina Ricci
- Tiara out next week. Demond is filling in.
- Spotify “mixtapes”
- Brian Austin Green
- Mumble rappers
- MJ is involved in the Women in Cannabis Expo. Please go nominate/vote for her.
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Show:
- Auto-tune
- Leonard
- Dreams of fame
- Silly-named rappers
- Raccoons
- DeRay Davis
- Crackheads
- Mark Wahlberg
White People Question:
- From @jeppykeith (Jeff) on TikTok: “Here’s a question I wished more white people asked: How do I clap on the 2 and the 4, lol”
- Have a “Stupid White People Question” you want to leave us?
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Trivia:
- Thugnificent often uses the phrase “no homo”, which is a phrase coined by New York rapper Cam’ron. It is used to erase possible misconception about the person’s sexuality when saying something that could be misconstrued as gay. For example, when Flonominal gets fired and walks away, Thugnificent yells “I love you man….. no homo”.
- The Scenes in which Thugnificent shouts out Damn,Damn,DAMN is a reference to the closing moments of an episode of Good Times where James died and Florida Evans has finally accepted the fact that her Husband is really gone.
- Sgt. Gutta is a parody of teenage rapper Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em. His song “Crank That (Artichoke)” and its accompanying dance is a reference to Soulja Boy’s smash hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”.
- Sgt. Gutta’s feud with the “old” rapper Thugnificent is a reference to the real-life feud Soulja Boy had with rapper Ice-T. The two also traded internet videos to further their beef.
- “Mo Bitches Mo Problems”, Thugnificent’s latest album, is a play on the name of The Notorious B.I.G.’s single “Mo Money Mo Problems”.
- The episode’s title references Thugnificent’s first appearance in the series in the episode “The Story of Thugnificent”, where MTV aired a documentary about Thugnificent called Rags to Bitches.
- In the scene where Thugnificent is selling crack, one of the characters trying to buy from him is similar to Tyrone Biggums, a crack addict that Dave Chappelle portrays on Chappelle’s Show. Charlie Murphy, a regular on Chappelle’s Show, was listed as a guest star in the episode credits. He does the voiceovers for Ed Wuncler III.
- The Scene where Thugnificent is trying to sell drugs to Steve is a homage to the film Boogie Nights starring Thomas Jane and Mark Wahlberg, right down to the Asian kid throwing firecrackers.
- Thugnificent strays from his original style and creates an entire album using “auto-tune”. This is similar to Kanye West’s album 808’s and Heartbreak.
- In the end when Thugnificent gets a job at UPS is a reference to the infamous Notorious B.I.G. line from “Flava in Ya Ear Remix”. This version of the song also features LL Cool J and more importantly Busta Rhymes, who is normally featured as the voice of Flonominal, however he is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in this episode.
- At the end, Riley refers to himself as “The Fundraiser” as seen in “The Fundraiser” episode later on.
- Also when Thugnificent tells Sgt. Gutta to “pop his Mama tittie out his mouth” that is referenced from the movie “Major Payne” when Major Payne tells Miss Walburn to pop her tittie out of Tiger’s mouth and stop babying him.
- Leonard, the Lethal Interjection reject from the episode “Shinin'”, is revealed to be not only living in Thugnificent’s home, but also the only one in the house earning money to pay the bills.
- In another continuity from Shinin’, Leonard says if Lethal Interjection someday goes down the gutter, that the crew would be “flippin’ burgers at Wendy’s.” In this episode, he actually gets a job at Wendy’s when Thugnificent is unable to pay for his house.
- Macktastic does not appear in this episode.
- According to his business card, Flonominal’s real name is Derrick Cornish.
- This is the first episode of the series where Huey has no speaking parts.
- This is the third episode in the series where Riley has taken narrating duties, the first being in the Season 1 episode “The Story of Gangstalicious” and the second being the season 2 episode “Shinin'”.
- The title of the episode references a saying by Thugnificent, saying they were going from “Rags to bitches,” similar to the saying “Rags to riches,” describing a poor person who became rich.
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