Because it's pretty much like this:
Okay, it's not exactly like that, but it's close. And anything that is remotely like Coming to America is awesome because that is one of the greatest movies ever made. When I was on YouTube looking for that clip, all I saw was the name "Randy Watson" above another one and I just started laughing at my desk like a crazy person. ANYway - back to my salon. I just started going there when I chopped my hair off in June, and it is always quite entertaining when I go. I see all kinds of people getting their hair done at the salon, and while I thought they specialized in things like mohawks and Manic Panic, I found out when I got there that they specialize in things like fades and weaves. The first time I went, there was a 75 year-old woman getting a waist-length weave in the chair next to me, and I fell in love with the place immediately. I get my hair cut by Shorty, who does a crazy awesome job and charges me peanuts for it. And then there is the entertainment value. On one side of the salon, there are 2 women stylists for the female clients, and on the other side there are 6 or 7 barbers for the men. The head barber is a real ball buster and gets everyone going. One time I was there and he was going back and forth with a sassy older woman who was sitting next to me. Her daughter was the other stylist and the mother was just giving it right back to the barber, ending every sassy retort with a drawn-out "shoooooot!" She reminded me of Marla Gibbs on 227, which is always a wondrous thing to be reminded of. (Some time, ask me to do my impression of Regina King saying, "Calvin!") At one point, this exchange took place:
MOTHER: (to barber) You need to go to CHURCH!
BARBER: (singing) Oh, I have got the church all up IN ME!
MOTHER: Mmm-hmmm.
BARBER: Hallelujah! You better believe it, son!
MOTHER: Your mother should have whooped you upside the head, boy. Shooooot!
I've never seen the Barbershop movies, but I imagine things like this must go on in them. Especially when the barber was commenting about the daughter not wearing her weave that day because she had her hair done earlier and he told the salon, "It's like her American Express card, she don't leave home without it!" Then the daughter agreed, adding, "You know I carry an extra one in my purse, and that is no joke."
I want to carry a weave in my purse now.
Anyway, I went to the salon on Thursday and the main barber was all fired up about a local boxing match that was going to be taking place that night. He was trying to take bets from everyone and then it led to a 10 minute long conversation about boxing, and the whole time I just thought, "Oh my God, I have now passed through the looking glass and am in Coming to America. This is the greatest place in the world. PLEASE let someone yell out, 'Rocky Marciano?!'" Sadly, they didn't, but I did get to hear about someone named Pumpkin. Plus, I got a trim on my fun and funky haircut that took an hour and fifteen minutes and only cost me $15. And that's with a wash and dry included - haircut and a show. How can you go wrong? My salon? RULES.
Okay, it's not exactly like that, but it's close. And anything that is remotely like Coming to America is awesome because that is one of the greatest movies ever made. When I was on YouTube looking for that clip, all I saw was the name "Randy Watson" above another one and I just started laughing at my desk like a crazy person. ANYway - back to my salon. I just started going there when I chopped my hair off in June, and it is always quite entertaining when I go. I see all kinds of people getting their hair done at the salon, and while I thought they specialized in things like mohawks and Manic Panic, I found out when I got there that they specialize in things like fades and weaves. The first time I went, there was a 75 year-old woman getting a waist-length weave in the chair next to me, and I fell in love with the place immediately. I get my hair cut by Shorty, who does a crazy awesome job and charges me peanuts for it. And then there is the entertainment value. On one side of the salon, there are 2 women stylists for the female clients, and on the other side there are 6 or 7 barbers for the men. The head barber is a real ball buster and gets everyone going. One time I was there and he was going back and forth with a sassy older woman who was sitting next to me. Her daughter was the other stylist and the mother was just giving it right back to the barber, ending every sassy retort with a drawn-out "shoooooot!" She reminded me of Marla Gibbs on 227, which is always a wondrous thing to be reminded of. (Some time, ask me to do my impression of Regina King saying, "Calvin!") At one point, this exchange took place:
MOTHER: (to barber) You need to go to CHURCH!
BARBER: (singing) Oh, I have got the church all up IN ME!
MOTHER: Mmm-hmmm.
BARBER: Hallelujah! You better believe it, son!
MOTHER: Your mother should have whooped you upside the head, boy. Shooooot!
I've never seen the Barbershop movies, but I imagine things like this must go on in them. Especially when the barber was commenting about the daughter not wearing her weave that day because she had her hair done earlier and he told the salon, "It's like her American Express card, she don't leave home without it!" Then the daughter agreed, adding, "You know I carry an extra one in my purse, and that is no joke."
I want to carry a weave in my purse now.
Anyway, I went to the salon on Thursday and the main barber was all fired up about a local boxing match that was going to be taking place that night. He was trying to take bets from everyone and then it led to a 10 minute long conversation about boxing, and the whole time I just thought, "Oh my God, I have now passed through the looking glass and am in Coming to America. This is the greatest place in the world. PLEASE let someone yell out, 'Rocky Marciano?!'" Sadly, they didn't, but I did get to hear about someone named Pumpkin. Plus, I got a trim on my fun and funky haircut that took an hour and fifteen minutes and only cost me $15. And that's with a wash and dry included - haircut and a show. How can you go wrong? My salon? RULES.
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