Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes
Jun 16 1994
•0h 27m
•Comedy
Taped in Atlanta, Jokes offers Rock's take on everything from school busing (he's against it) to older women (in general, he prefers them to younger ones). His best routine, involving the inexpensive plain-wrap food his mother bought when he was a child, wouldn't be out of place on a classic Bill Cosby record.
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Chris Rock
Self
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