Audio: Marty B responds to Whitlock - 7/13/09

[dcfanatic]

Bennett on Irvin Show
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Whitlock and Stephen A. Smith.

:bang2:

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Thanks for the post DC

 

[jzcowboy]

What did he say?

 

[Hostile]

Lo and behold he explained his fine for the first rap video. Exactly what I said the problem was, he used Cowboys gear as a prop. Eat crow all of you who didn't get it when we were trying to explain it.

Kid is flat out funny. Love the last line about drinking koolaid. You just know he was grinning from ear to ear as he said it.

 

[DCBoysfan]

He is funny, I think the entire thing has been overblown

 

[jobberone]

If you don't love this kid then check the oil in your humor box.

 

[joseephuss]

If you don't love this kid then check the oil in your humor box.

My humor box is electric.

I don't find him that funny. He is alright and a little humorous at times. I don't understand all the bad pub he gets. I think all of that is overblown. He is rather easy to ignore.

 

[jobberone]

My humor box is electric.

I don't find him that funny. He is alright and a little humorous at times. I don't understand all the bad pub he gets. I think all of that is overblown. He is rather easy to ignore.

Well, my fascination for the kid is not just his unique brand of humor. He's a black satirist with a wonderful and single approach to it. He is likely a good deal smarter than me, IMO. But without his equally near unique skills at the TE position he wouldn't be here.

Name 3-5 TEs with his particular skills and physical attributes.

 

[jzcowboy]

I think all of that is overblown. He is rather easy to ignore.

No he's not, he's a Dallas Cowboy

 

[Four]

Well, my fascination for the kid is not just his unique brand of humor. He's a black satirist with a wonderful and single approach to it. He is likely a good deal smarter than me, IMO. But without his equally near unique skills at the TE position he wouldn't be here.

Name 3-5 TEs with his particular skills and physical attributes.

you can tell by the way he words stuff the kid is really smart, it's subtle but it's easy to pick up on if you know what to listen for and get some of the references he makes.

It's a shame people will write him off as a fool, I think he is anything but.

That said, aren't you a doctor? Different kinda smarts, don't downplay the value of both. I imagine his interests lie in other realms, both are equal in their value.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Marty B responds on the Michael Irvin Show


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Martellus Bennett was on The Michael Irvin Show on 103.3 FM ESPN Radio yesterday and discussed his controversial Black Olympics that he put on YouTube under the Marty B TV heading. The 4-minute clip didn't sit well with Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star and FoxSports.com, who said it was offensive. Bennett said he didn't think he did anything wrong. Here's part of the interview. You can hear all of it here.

Where did you get the idea for the Black Olympics?
Me and all my brothers were in the kitchen and as I looked around, I noticed we were eating every stereotype. We got chicken, kool aid, watermelon, we might as well do a Black Olympics. That's what happened.

So you did this in fun. Jason Whitlock wrote an article. He said this was offensive and you should get in trouble.
I don't really think it's offensive. It depends on your sense of humor and how you look at things. We were just having fun and it was very funny for me and my brothers, when I look at it I just can't stop laughing. If someone takes offense, I apologize. That wasn't my intention. It was just us having fun. Some people like what you do and some people don't. Always in life, anything you do, someone is going to have a different opinion than what you have.


Bennett was asked about criticism and whether he expected to receive some because of the video.
I'll get criticized regardless. I don't do it to get crities or people say it's me fighting ot get attention, but it's not. ...It's just me being me. That's why I have Marty B TV for the fans to see what type of person I am outside of football. ...In my spare time I like to have fun and make these youtube videos. We're just having fun.

Detractors say wait until you've done something on the field, meaningful, before doing something like this.
Every time I step on the field, I do something meaningful. I'm the blue collar guy. I do a lot of stuff I don't get credit for. Every day I work on my game. Every day I'm becoming a better player. I would tell them, 'You can say what you want to say, but you don't see me working hard at practice.' They think I'm at home doing nothing, which is none of their business actually. Don't worry about me until football season. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

If a white person did the Black Olympics, would you be offended?
Nah. There's white comedians that do stuff like that all the time. I think it's funny to attack stereotypes. It's funny how people just put people in a certain light and say that's what all the people do of a certain race or particular person, so it's fun to attack those stereotypes.

Do you expect to hear from the Cowboys on this?
Not really. The first time I got in trouble because I was cursing and I had the Cowboys helmet on. Now it's just me doing me. It's no different if I was being a standup comedian at a show.

 

[joseephuss]

Well, my fascination for the kid is not just his unique brand of humor. He's a black satirist with a wonderful and single approach to it. He is likely a good deal smarter than me, IMO. But without his equally near unique skills at the TE position he wouldn't be here.

Name 3-5 TEs with his particular skills and physical attributes.

What do his skills and physical attributes have anything to do with his off the field stuff? I like him as a player and root for him to do well. I just usually ignore threads(except this one) that harp on his off field character or humor or whatever. Just not that big of a deal to me.

 

[links18]

He's no Richard Pryor, not even Dave Chappelle.

 

[Plumfool]

He's no Richard Pryor, not even Dave Chappelle.

neither were they before they hit it big. Comedy is a craft. The more you do the better ya get. As long as he continues to get better football wise, he'll be ok.

 

[QT]

My humor box is electric.

I don't find him that funny. He is alright and a little humorous at times. I don't understand all the bad pub he gets. I think all of that is overblown. He is rather easy to ignore.

I agree. He's not that funny. His superhero stuff was okay at first but a little weird when he continually talks about it.

He has done nothing yet, so I hope he can make more of a name for himself on the field rather then off.

 

[Spectre]

some people will laugh at anything, I guess.

 

[QT]

some people will laugh at anything, I guess.

Thank you. I made a reply post about one of his vids not being that funny after I saw people posting how funny it was; and someone said that I must not have a good sense of humor.

I hope the guy can produce on the field this season.

 

[Four]

when most find it funny and you are the exception, it's you, not the other way around.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

when most find it funny and you are the exception, it's you, not all of us.

I don't find it funny

neither does Buehler

that's because we are both strong, silent types, and we don't mess around

 

[Four]

I don't find it funny

neither does Buehler

that's because we are both strong, silent types, and we don't mess around

we all wish you were actually silent bob, sadly that prayer will go unanswered.(constantly)