In Living Color Quotes
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Source: In Living Color
Speaker: Homey D. Clown
Homey don't play that.
Context
This line is spoken by Homey D. Clown, played by Damon Wayans, in the TV show In Living Color (1990).
What better way to entertain children at a party than with a clown? (Well, we can think of about a zillion other ways, but clowns are still popular…for some reason.)
On the 1990s sketch comedy show In Living Color, Damon Wayans plays a no-nonsense clown named Homey D. Clown. Want him to do a silly clown dance for you? Not gonna happen. "Homey don't play that."
Where you've heard it
You've heard this any time someone is fed up with your stupid ideas—and it's usually followed by a whack to the head.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
If someone calls you pretentious, just tell 'em homey don't play that… and hit 'em in the face.