On the TV show MARTIN...?

Did Martin Lawrence take his idea for 'Shanaenae' (not sure on the spelling) from Flip Wilson's 'Geraldine'?

And if anybody can remember back this far did Flip get his idea for 'Geraldine' from Milton Berle's, not sure on the character's name, 'Aunt Miltie'?

I have to agree with the rest on this one.What goes around comes around! I guess the men-in-drag genre will always be funny because a caricature usually moves on to become even more of a caricature of itself.

That's a very real possibility. But Martin played a large variety of characters in the show, including his mom, so who knows where he got the original idea from.

He probably did...most comedians borrow from other comedians somewhat

Prob, because when ''they'' are interviewed they always refer back to old classics. Like Chris Rock's movie, I think I love my wife, He said it's from an old french film!!!....So yea, probably......

I agree with the others ...with most things there is nothing new under the sun ....movies, books, clothes ....mostly all of them are patterned some way on the past.

Geraldine "The Devil Made me do it" was a great line. But men dressing as women goes way back to Roman times when women weren't allowed to act. Men performed all the roles ......nothing's new.

I'm pretty sure thats where he got it from. All todays comedians take from the old school comedians all the time.