@READY4REV: Not just weak image but i am seeing more and more Blackmen dressed in drag too. I don't care what anybody says...it is not healthy for little Black children to see Blackmen portrayed this way. Some people call it acting and/or entertainment but it is far more reaching then that. It is shameful to see how low many Blackmen are willing to go just to get paid. One day we are gonna see just how much their souls were worth. I wanna see them put a price on that. They are sell-outs.
"...talkin about territorial imperative.This is my territory it is imperative that you leave..." I actually said that to somebody once.Now I know where I got it from.Lol thanks Hawk!
Avery Brooks worked with so many of today's stars. Lawrence Fishburne as seen here and Samuel L Jackson. Yet he never got the parts those actors did in his day. I'm happy to hear he is a Doctor of theatrical arts at Rutgers. Truly Underated!
OMG!!...I am so SICK of coming on to see some entertaining stuff here and EVERY time there is even ONE ethnic person in a clip there is a big argument about race! GET OVER IT!!
@pdoll96 as hawk would say, " my people have been trying to get over it for 400 years only to find that the wall keeps getting higher and higher. personally, I agree. A man who drags his mind over the past only leaves himself stuck int he quagmire of it. listen, my white brother from another mother allow a moments education, those whom do not study the past are doomed to repeat it. Our two faces, yours white, mine black, will always strike up a conversation."
@Kirok Absolutely right mayne I mean...he's the coolest,sharpest,best dressed,biggest gun totin,absolute best lookin in a trench and shades and gloves,old skool cool slanguage (that's slang+language),erudition plus ebonics mixin,street heat dark night enforcer in TV and literary history.
WHats with all the racist shit? I go to read comments about a cool show from my child hood, and instead it's this shit! If you don't have something to say about the show directly, then take it someplace else! Not cool.
My point is number one, I was merely point out that he was a theater professor. Number 2, the attitude is not necessary because I didn't come at you that way.
@blossomingbeauty No, you had actually said "you dig" in that 5 stars comment. I remembered Hawk making a comment about the "United Defenders of International Goodwill", which caused Spenser to reply "UDIG?". In other words, I was agreeing with the Lexicon and Language comment, but decided to expound on it with Hawk's humor. IMO "Hawk" is Avery Brooks' best role... I don't think that the role of Benjamin Sisko allowed him to display just how talented he is.
Smartass I don't drink caffeine. There is nothing positive about you comparing DMX, a man in real life who can't stay out of prison to Hawk, a positive fictional character. Avery Brooks, Hawk's portrayer, is one of the most awesome Black actors ever. The brother is easily on par with Denzel and Angela Bassett.
Exactly! Every community is as varied an nuanced as any other. Just because Hollywood hacks reduce everyone to one-note characters dosen't mean we have to think like that. And I loved that Hawk seemed a totally new type of person to me.
Yeah, some don't like the idea of a black man not being what we've been led to expect. Hawk was completely unique and his own man, He wasn't a representitive of the black community and he never tried to be that. He had good and bad qualities but he wasn't the model for anything. He was simply Hawk. Maybe it's time for us all to get over the idea that any black character is supposed to be an avatar of the black community. Do we do that with white characters?
I have to disagree with you some. Hawk's uniqueness was personified because of his character standing alone in the media. After the vietnam war there were many black men on the level of that depicted by hawk. They remain in the shadows.
"Nothing". Ignorant of history and everything that went down even after slavery ended,. I'm not in favor of reparations but if Americans actually knew the true history of their own nation perhaps foks like you wouldn't make such stupid comments.
3.high percentage of children born to single parent households
until we, as a people decide we are going to hold our young men and women accountable for thier decisions, teach them responsability, and keep them from killing each other and getting each other pregnant....we will be lost.
OOOO please!!! Shut the fuck up!!!!All the bullshit ass statistical jargon.Fuck you mean young blacks.There are young whites out there who are poorly educated and the same high teen pregnancy rate and you white mutherfuckers are running away from your childen and responsibilities too.Alot of yall are not going to college and alot of yall can't find jobs either ecause I see alot of yall joining the service on a daily basis.Pussy ass chump ss sucker ass bitch.
Brother you are absolutely 100 percent on point. It's too late for us Black people to hide our dirty laundry anymore. Our children whom are out here killing each other, have either poor or no sense of judgment. You do not run and get a gun to kill someone just b/c you have a beef with them. It is sociopathic. This was Newark, NJ all summer. It is time for Black folks as a whole to take responsibility.
Write a proposal, get some money, buy some used books, create some incentives, save your community one person at a time.
I think I saved two kids. Instead of shooting at people over 100 dollars in cracks, they were taught how to make those same dollars online. All it took was a trip to the local black bank branch to meet and see a real life example of someone that was where they were and worse.
My man please tell me you have the original "A Man Called Hawk" episodes on DVD. I got Episodes 1-2 and 5-13. The site I bought the DVD's from sent me a bad disk and I never heard back from them again! AARRGGGHHHHH!!!!
Loved it too casue they have the orignal outros like "Next up stay tuned for Head Of The Class..." LOL.
ANYONE out there's got the originals I will pay for shipping!
OUCH what site did you get them from? I've been looking to buy and found three sites thar have Spenser, one actualy has all 3 seasons of Spenser and you get all of A Man Called Hawk and the four Spenser movies free.
OUCH what site did you get them from? I've been looking to buy and found three sites thar have Spenser, one actualy has all 3 seasons of Spenser and you get all of A Man Called Hawk and the four Spenser movies free.
In the age of Obama, reparations will finally be paid. As we speak $787 Billion is being transferred from the white taxpayer to the black descendants of slaves. It is a good first step.
The Obama stimulus has nothing to do with reparations. It has to do with funneling wealth to banks, as usual. Who told you/where did you read that the current stimulus package has anything to do with reparations?
You can't prove what your saying so your resorting to rhetoric. I'll ask again: Were did you read/hear this? The stimulus is a transfer of DEBT from PRIVATE BANKING INDUSTRIES to PUBLIC TAX BASE. PERIOD.
Well, it is good you are finally manning up to the fact that blacks are owed reparations for 400 years of white oppression. Further payments will be required for full attonement.
I have never heard of a true proponent of reparations refer to "some cushy government job" as a valid form of reparations. You are an agent or some misguided fool. I would urge the people to not pay you any mind. There is a genuine reparations movement in this country and you are not doing anything to move it forward.
Besides, merely giving money is much too easy for the government, because in our state of mind, they'd get it back. Reparations needs to be in other forms besides a cash payout.
...And Reparations take place in context of NATIONHOOD. Ex. Israel after WWII. African in America would need to organize on a NATIONAL basis prior to any reparations taking place. i still think the the best chance for reparation is the Haitian government: who won their freedom and were extorted by the French. Aristide was planning to bring this up before the World Court which is why many believe he was ousted by the French government with the help of the U.S.
Great comment; but African Americans are first in a long line of oppressed races. Our country is bankrupt and the reparations will never come in the form of dollars and cents!!
There will always be a bias in our civalization!!
THIS USED TO BE MY SHOW !
TheDelmar1978 2 weeks ago
Hawk = Isaac Hayes
ShinoShaw 1 month ago
I would like to see two females play these roles HAWK&SPENSER!!!!!
dal4018 1 month ago
@READY4REV: Not just weak image but i am seeing more and more Blackmen dressed in drag too. I don't care what anybody says...it is not healthy for little Black children to see Blackmen portrayed this way. Some people call it acting and/or entertainment but it is far more reaching then that. It is shameful to see how low many Blackmen are willing to go just to get paid. One day we are gonna see just how much their souls were worth. I wanna see them put a price on that. They are sell-outs.
DaOrigTruthSeeker 4 months ago
"...talkin about territorial imperative.This is my territory it is imperative that you leave..." I actually said that to somebody once.Now I know where I got it from.Lol thanks Hawk!
ATACXGYM 4 months ago
is it me or is that Keiefer Sutherland? at 5:40?
codename617 5 months ago
@codename617 No that isn't Kiefer Sutherland.
dal4018 1 month ago
I wish this series was on dvd! My favorite show as a kid. I got to meet Avery Brooks when they flimed at my old school, he was really nice.
e82375 5 months ago
@e82375 wwwnetflixcom
taylor4660 5 months ago
It seems that the image of every strong Blkman that was on tv has been taken oof the air. Now all we see is soft,weak minded blk dudes on tv.
READY4REVELATION 8 months ago
@READY4REVELATION blame the writers and that tv producers really became limp ten years ago.
22centman36 4 months ago
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dking5454 1 year ago
Anybody know where Spenser episodes can be had?
dking5454 1 year ago
Avery Brooks worked with so many of today's stars. Lawrence Fishburne as seen here and Samuel L Jackson. Yet he never got the parts those actors did in his day. I'm happy to hear he is a Doctor of theatrical arts at Rutgers. Truly Underated!
billsmokinweed 1 year ago 6
don't fuck with sisko
MrSnapply 1 year ago
Hawk is a bad ass. Avery Brooks is beyond cool in this. Don't fuck with the Sisko :)
bodieofci5 1 year ago
Wow. Slaves live to be 400 years old? Well, sounds like they had a pretty healthy life style. What's the secret. The Cool factor?
Timeandsilence 1 year ago
Is that Lawrence Fishburn at 9:30?
Denshuu 1 year ago
@Denshuu Yes, it is!
tieran2009 1 year ago
Hawk was the muthafuckin DON! I used to love this show...
donbezi 1 year ago 3
i swear hawk looks like dmx.
kejaris 1 year ago
@kejaris you mean dmx looks like hawk. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
22centman36 3 months ago
@22centman36 Yes DMX looks exactly like a YOUNG AVERY BROOKS
dal4018 1 month ago
RIP Robert Urich!
MisterCool 1 year ago
For a second, I thought Hawk was going to whip out a red pill and a blue pill. ;)
eayoti 1 year ago
OMG!!...I am so SICK of coming on to see some entertaining stuff here and EVERY time there is even ONE ethnic person in a clip there is a big argument about race! GET OVER IT!!
pdoll96 1 year ago
@pdoll96 as hawk would say, " my people have been trying to get over it for 400 years only to find that the wall keeps getting higher and higher. personally, I agree. A man who drags his mind over the past only leaves himself stuck int he quagmire of it. listen, my white brother from another mother allow a moments education, those whom do not study the past are doomed to repeat it. Our two faces, yours white, mine black, will always strike up a conversation."
22centman36 3 months ago
Have they released any of these on DVD or Video?
ncrisp01 2 years ago
"How's your fun level?"
"About a quart low. Whatca got?"
Love it!
fourthgirl 2 years ago
Hawk is distilled badass.
Kirok 2 years ago 12
Badassness :)
capitalmindz 2 years ago
@Kirok Absolutely right mayne I mean...he's the coolest,sharpest,best dressed,biggest gun totin,absolute best lookin in a trench and shades and gloves,old skool cool slanguage (that's slang+language),erudition plus ebonics mixin,street heat dark night enforcer in TV and literary history.
ATACXGYM 4 months ago
"I got two problems."
"You got it down to two?"
"Two you can help me with."
"About two hundred and twelve nobody can help you with."
gnuumyn 2 years ago 3
you can torrent a man called hawk for free online. But i cant find spenser for hire anywhere. I dont even know if the show is out on dvd.
t5y665yrty56 2 years ago
That torrent (if its the one I started) is missing 2 episodes. If you know where I can pickup the missing that 2 would be great :)
Love the line: "You so familiar with that phone"
LMAO. Avery Brooks is the man.
capitalmindz 2 years ago
the guy who fought spenser at 6:30 looks like an 80's porn star
soadsoadsoad101 2 years ago
WHats with all the racist shit? I go to read comments about a cool show from my child hood, and instead it's this shit! If you don't have something to say about the show directly, then take it someplace else! Not cool.
rushringsfanatic 2 years ago
I really loved avery brooks as 'Hawk'. an original. love his lexicon and language. talk to me quick. you dig. ha-ha
blossomingbeauty 2 years ago 14
In real life, Avery Brooks is an even more articulate, dignified Black man. English Professor at Rutgers University. Still love Hawk.
TheLuscious 2 years ago
He's actually a Theater Prof. at Rutgers. He was even before he played Hawk.
Originalman320 2 years ago 2
I know he's been a tenured professor at Rutgers for over 30 years, even before Hawk. What's your point?
TheLuscious 2 years ago
My point is number one, I was merely point out that he was a theater professor. Number 2, the attitude is not necessary because I didn't come at you that way.
Originalman320 2 years ago
The attitude is fine.
TheLuscious 2 years ago
@blossomingbeauty You mean the "United Defenders of International Goodwill". :)
tieran2009 1 year ago
@tieran2009 it's been so long since I've seen any of these episodes that I've forgotten some things. I spelled UDIG incorrectly :)
blossomingbeauty 1 year ago
@blossomingbeauty No, you had actually said "you dig" in that 5 stars comment. I remembered Hawk making a comment about the "United Defenders of International Goodwill", which caused Spenser to reply "UDIG?". In other words, I was agreeing with the Lexicon and Language comment, but decided to expound on it with Hawk's humor. IMO "Hawk" is Avery Brooks' best role... I don't think that the role of Benjamin Sisko allowed him to display just how talented he is.
tieran2009 1 year ago
Hawk is DMX's father LOL
stifler083 2 years ago
stupid ass what racist stereotype is this?
TheLuscious 2 years ago
Stereotype? I thought it was a compliment for DMX. Hawk and DMX are both performance characters. Easy on the caffeine, Luscious.
stifler083 2 years ago
Smartass I don't drink caffeine. There is nothing positive about you comparing DMX, a man in real life who can't stay out of prison to Hawk, a positive fictional character. Avery Brooks, Hawk's portrayer, is one of the most awesome Black actors ever. The brother is easily on par with Denzel and Angela Bassett.
TheLuscious 2 years ago
Exactly! Every community is as varied an nuanced as any other. Just because Hollywood hacks reduce everyone to one-note characters dosen't mean we have to think like that. And I loved that Hawk seemed a totally new type of person to me.
mwest1705 2 years ago 2
Yeah, some don't like the idea of a black man not being what we've been led to expect. Hawk was completely unique and his own man, He wasn't a representitive of the black community and he never tried to be that. He had good and bad qualities but he wasn't the model for anything. He was simply Hawk. Maybe it's time for us all to get over the idea that any black character is supposed to be an avatar of the black community. Do we do that with white characters?
mwest1705 2 years ago 3
I have to disagree with you some. Hawk's uniqueness was personified because of his character standing alone in the media. After the vietnam war there were many black men on the level of that depicted by hawk. They remain in the shadows.
2bsoldnotold 2 years ago
Hawk vs B. A. Baracus which one was tougher?
UNDA75 2 years ago
Not even close. Hawk by a mile
TheLuscious 2 years ago
@UNDA75 hawk is tougher
NUBIANSPACEMONKEY 2 weeks ago
i have no problems paying former slaves for the damages they incurred because of it....
the problems of todays black men and women have nothing to with slavery....
bigrob981 2 years ago
"Nothing". Ignorant of history and everything that went down even after slavery ended,. I'm not in favor of reparations but if Americans actually knew the true history of their own nation perhaps foks like you wouldn't make such stupid comments.
Hibbs4Prez 2 years ago
problem of todays young blacks
1. poor education
2.high teen pregnancy rate
3.high percentage of children born to single parent households
until we, as a people decide we are going to hold our young men and women accountable for thier decisions, teach them responsability, and keep them from killing each other and getting each other pregnant....we will be lost.
bigrob981 2 years ago
OOOO please!!! Shut the fuck up!!!!All the bullshit ass statistical jargon.Fuck you mean young blacks.There are young whites out there who are poorly educated and the same high teen pregnancy rate and you white mutherfuckers are running away from your childen and responsibilities too.Alot of yall are not going to college and alot of yall can't find jobs either ecause I see alot of yall joining the service on a daily basis.Pussy ass chump ss sucker ass bitch.
pimpdaddyhustla 2 years ago
Brother you are absolutely 100 percent on point. It's too late for us Black people to hide our dirty laundry anymore. Our children whom are out here killing each other, have either poor or no sense of judgment. You do not run and get a gun to kill someone just b/c you have a beef with them. It is sociopathic. This was Newark, NJ all summer. It is time for Black folks as a whole to take responsibility.
TheLuscious 2 years ago
Write a proposal, get some money, buy some used books, create some incentives, save your community one person at a time.
I think I saved two kids. Instead of shooting at people over 100 dollars in cracks, they were taught how to make those same dollars online. All it took was a trip to the local black bank branch to meet and see a real life example of someone that was where they were and worse.
Good luck on your side... Shit aint easy at all.
stifler083 2 years ago
What's your point of writing me this?
TheLuscious 2 years ago
You ain't got no STYLE!
Ultimate insult. XD
zprodigy 2 years ago
What the hell some Stumulus got do with some episodes of Spencer For Hire lol
arobb2007 2 years ago
On to more important matters....What episode of was it that Larry Fishburne was in?
capitalmindz 3 years ago
Laurence Fishburne was in the episode (2.13)"Personal Demons"
MCE06121961 2 years ago 4
My man please tell me you have the original "A Man Called Hawk" episodes on DVD. I got Episodes 1-2 and 5-13. The site I bought the DVD's from sent me a bad disk and I never heard back from them again! AARRGGGHHHHH!!!!
Loved it too casue they have the orignal outros like "Next up stay tuned for Head Of The Class..." LOL.
ANYONE out there's got the originals I will pay for shipping!
capitalmindz 2 years ago
OUCH what site did you get them from? I've been looking to buy and found three sites thar have Spenser, one actualy has all 3 seasons of Spenser and you get all of A Man Called Hawk and the four Spenser movies free.
Cavillier1970 2 years ago
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OUCH what site did you get them from? I've been looking to buy and found three sites thar have Spenser, one actualy has all 3 seasons of Spenser and you get all of A Man Called Hawk and the four Spenser movies free.
Cavillier1970 2 years ago
@MCE06121961 Avery Brooks totally looks like Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus from the Matrix in this clip.
DocReeg 1 year ago
black skinheads were rare in the us before michael jordan.
swastikausa 8 months ago
Don't forget BA Baracus.
kmg4 3 years ago
It is funny seeing him talk in a black accent, after seeing him on Star Trek with no such accent.
kmg4 3 years ago
Spenser owes reparations to Hawk for 400 years of slavery.
kmg4 3 years ago
Fuckin Larry Fishburn!?!?! On Spencer For Hire?!?
Get the fuck outta here! I watched this when I was like 11 /12. didnt know it was him. Wow!
capitalmindz 3 years ago
9:08 = Two legends at work.
Rodimus1 3 years ago
In the age of Obama, reparations will finally be paid. As we speak $787 Billion is being transferred from the white taxpayer to the black descendants of slaves. It is a good first step.
kmg4 3 years ago
Explain.
capitalmindz 3 years ago
Blacks are still owed reparations for 400 years of oppression.
The Obama stimulus is a good first step, but much more is due. Whites will have to pay up.
kmg4 3 years ago
The Obama stimulus has nothing to do with reparations. It has to do with funneling wealth to banks, as usual. Who told you/where did you read that the current stimulus package has anything to do with reparations?
capitalmindz 3 years ago
"The Obama stimulus has nothing to do with reparations."
Then you have been successfully tricked, and won't mind when the next wave of reparations is paid.
The Obama stimulus is a transfer from white taxpayers to black recipients, either through welfare or though some cushy government job.
kmg4 3 years ago
You can't prove what your saying so your resorting to rhetoric. I'll ask again: Were did you read/hear this? The stimulus is a transfer of DEBT from PRIVATE BANKING INDUSTRIES to PUBLIC TAX BASE. PERIOD.
capitalmindz 3 years ago
So naive....
Well, it is good you are finally manning up to the fact that blacks are owed reparations for 400 years of white oppression. Further payments will be required for full attonement.
kmg4 3 years ago
I have never heard of a true proponent of reparations refer to "some cushy government job" as a valid form of reparations. You are an agent or some misguided fool. I would urge the people to not pay you any mind. There is a genuine reparations movement in this country and you are not doing anything to move it forward.
Peace.
capitalmindz 3 years ago
Any you STILL never answered the question. Case Closed.
capitalmindz 3 years ago
I'M curious how does a financial settlement atone for 400 years of oppression?
MCE06121961 2 years ago
It is called 'damages' and is used in the legal system already.
Virtually all black people in America today agree that reparations are owed. Even First Lady Michelle Obama has determined this.
kmg4 2 years ago
Besides, merely giving money is much too easy for the government, because in our state of mind, they'd get it back. Reparations needs to be in other forms besides a cash payout.
Originalman320 2 years ago
...And Reparations take place in context of NATIONHOOD. Ex. Israel after WWII. African in America would need to organize on a NATIONAL basis prior to any reparations taking place. i still think the the best chance for reparation is the Haitian government: who won their freedom and were extorted by the French. Aristide was planning to bring this up before the World Court which is why many believe he was ousted by the French government with the help of the U.S.
capitalmindz 2 years ago
One of the many reasons :)
capitalmindz 2 years ago
@kmg4 "Naive" would be to think that 500 years from now, people won't still be using that as an excuse for entitlement.
lustacularlysimple 1 year ago
Great comment; but African Americans are first in a long line of oppressed races. Our country is bankrupt and the reparations will never come in the form of dollars and cents!!
There will always be a bias in our civalization!!
MCE06121961 2 years ago
best buddy show ever
MrEclectic61 3 years ago
I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!!
dennyk1024 3 years ago