Whoopi is a short-lived television situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg as "Mavis Rae", a member of the former one-hit wonder group "The Ebony Blackbirds." The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show was not well-received among some political conservatives since some of its dialogue and situations satirized President George W. Bush and criticized his policies during the American invasion of Iraq. The show aired at 8:00 PM ET, on Tuesdays starting September 9, 2003, on NBC; it went off the air in April 2004.
eferring to Rita] urtney: You don't like her because she's white? vis: I don't like her 'cause she's twelve!
urtney: Rita has a certain joie de vivre. She's fun, unpredictable, and she's introduced me to hip-hop and rap, and just a whole world I've never known. vis: So she's teaching you how to be black?
sim: I haven't felt this oppressed since the Ayatollah blew up my beach house.
vis: Nasim, the thing is nobody can tell the difference between Arabs and Persians, and quite frankly, nobody cares. sim: We followed your East Coast/West Coast rap wars. There were Tupac/Biggie updates every half-hour on al-Jazeera!
urtney: You sure you know what you're doing? sim: Excuse me, I was trained by the Iranian Militia to build a missile system... which we do not have!
avis's hotel is hosting a George Bush event in on room and a lesbian wedding in another room] vis: Which event are you here for? dy: The Bush event vis: Which one?
ta: I'm no one's obligation. ta: I'm someone's prize.
