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Hi, I'm Orlando Jones -- Not the little boy from Everybody Hates Chris. Not Solange Knowles. Not Wesley Snipes. Not Orlando Bloom. Not The White Jeff Goldblum. Ask Me Anything!!
I am the creator of the new digital series Tainted Love on Machinima Prime.
I am also one of the stars of the new Fox drama Sleepy Hollow from Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci & Philip Iscove premiering this fall.
I also voice a number of the characters on Adult Swim's Black Dynamite
I'll hang out here for the next 3 or 4 hours to answer all your crazy ass.
I have verified that I am really me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones
Let's do this!!!
EDIT:
Had a great time with you guys. This was A LOT of fun. If I missed your questions you're always welcome to come talk shit with me on Twitter and Facebook.
Be sure to check out Tainted Love.
Thanks to /u/miss_r at Machinima and /u/edify and /u/flyryan from Reddit for all their help
I'm out -- http://imgur.com/u18TGrn
EDIT 2:
I had to catch a flight. So I cut it short but now I'm airborne like a virus and back bitches!
EDIT 3:
Alright. I'm fading. Talk again soon. Maybe tomorrow. L8tr. Zzzzzzz
Orlando_Jones892 karma
Great GoogaMooga. I loved making the movie. I loved that you loved the movie. Call Ivan Reitman about sequel.
AndyDwyer250 karma
Also, I watched Bedazzled for the first time in almost a decade the other day while I was crazy drunk. We had to stop the movie when Brendan Frazier called you Dr. Ingiggitygiggitybaba because I literally almost died laughing.
Orlando_Jones447 karma
I almost won a Poolitzer Prize and my book hadn't even been Pooblished yet. Tainted Love is my book.
NobodyListens2Turtle753 karma
Best AMA ive seen in a while...this muufukka replies to every comment xD
Wickenshire517 karma
In 1992, you appeared as a cop on an episode of Herman's Head. I don't have a question, I just wanted to remind you.
Orlando_Jones1164 karma
That's fucked up. And funny. Also, in 1992 I tried to give myself a blow job and learned that I am not THAT flexible. It was an AMAZING year.
Smunny484 karma
Thank you for doing a legit AMA. Most actors only answer a few questions. My respect has grown.
Orlando_Jones757 karma
Usually one someone says "my respect has grown" they're not referencing a RedditAMA. Just sayin'
Ahealthycat441 karma
Dude, I love when you're in movies. You don't play the stereotypical black guy. You have your own persona for each role and that makes you a great actor. Just wanted to tell you that.
Orlando_Jones1448 karma
I'm blushing right now but I am so black no one can tell that my face is red.
Orlando_Jones1321 karma
I got second degree sunburns while filming that movie. A bunch of the real football players took me to a swingers bar where I watched one of the cheerleaders from the movie get banged by one of the referees from the movie. I called flag on the play and left. True. Fucking. Story.
medioxcore318 karma
you're answers..
i mean.. ethan hawke's were amazing. but these are amazing in such a completely different way.
The601199 karma
Where are you right now? I'm coming over there to high-five you for this answer.
Orlando_Jones615 karma
I'm on plane flying to DC! This'll be my highest high five. Read into that what you want.
Orlando_Jones391 karma
I had to catch a flight. So I cut it short but now I'm airborne like a virus and back bitches!
justinurrkunt390 karma
Do you think that people gave Dave Chapelle too much shit for his racial skits, which included Clayton Bigsby, the black-white supremacist?
tootie585 karma
Clayton Bigsby was an absolute watershed moment in American race relations. When the white teenagers are thrilled to be called niggers by a black man it marked the pinnacle of postmodern society.
motherfuckingArtieL389 karma
When you were at the studio in May, you didn't happen to run off with my coke, did you?
Orlando_Jones929 karma
No, I snorted it in the bathroom asshole. Who "runs off" with coke?
Orlando_Jones1738 karma
How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Who cares -- let them bitches sit in the fucking dark!!
justinurrkunt354 karma
What other major movie or TV stars do you feel are taking roles that should be yours? Tom Cruise?
Orlando_Jones1105 karma
I did. Before the reduction. Not in a sexual way. She's like my sister who I jack off thinking about on occasion.
G35341 karma
How did you get turned on to Reddit? It seems more and more celebrities are doing these kind of interviews (which is great).
Orlando_Jones451 karma
I'm nerd dude. Need I say more. Been loving reddit for a minute. My boys Noam (producer of Tainted Love) and Avi (co-creator and director of Tainted LOve) turned me on to it.
alien005289 karma
Hey Orlando! Just wanted to say thank you for making me laugh all these years. On a personal note, my dad and i didn't along so well but one of the few times we bonded was over your mad tv oj Simpson sketch. Still the funniest sketch to this day.
Make 7, up yours!
Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUXVRU_neM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
MCKilla267 karma
On avg, how many respectable young entrepreneurial women do you pull per year?
Orlando_Jones855 karma
After pulling my wife I thought it might be a good idea to drill down on that one until I strike oil.
Orlando_Jones256 karma
You're right. I'm offended I'm gong to send a letter of complaint to myself.
redDisco234 karma
What do you think Peter Gibbons did with his 40 subscriptions to Vibe? Office Space kind of left us hanging on that one.
Orlando_Jones749 karma
You are totally right. Fuck Mike Judge and his half assed story telling. That shit was worse than the ending of lost.
mysteryguitarm231 karma
How amazing was it working with amazing MysteryGuitarMan on the amazing web series Meridian?
Orlando_Jones405 karma
Amazing. Mystery Guitar Man is AMAZING. I mean, I don't actually know who he is or anything about him because he wears sun glasses and "it's a mystery." Fucking hipsters.
mysteryguitarm225 karma
Hah!
Seriously, though. Tainted Love is awesome. I just checked out the pilot of Sleepy Hollow... amazing.
Good things are coming your way, sir.
Orlando_Jones276 karma
Looking forward to our next project together brother. Get your ass off of Reddit and get to work.
throwawayforJune6216 karma
I made this account just to ask you a question!
Do you ever get recognized from Office Space (one of my favorite movies ever)?
Did you have any sense of how huge that movie was going to become when you were shooting it?
Orlando_Jones475 karma
Not a clue. The movie bombed at the box office. Jennifer Aniston didn't help us AT ALL.
Orlando_Jones650 karma
I'm pissed. I paid $10 to see "The Break Up" and at no point did Jennifer Aniston get naked and fuck Vince's brains out so he would know what he was gonna be missing. That's standard operating procedure.
Orlando_Jones1000 karma
Tyler Perry is the most prolific black filmmakers in the world.
That said, maybe racism isn't all bad.
Giantxbones208 karma
Mr. Orlando Jones, I, as well as my wife, want to know if you will have sex with us. Not together, but one at a time. Full disclosure, I'm a dude.
Orlando_Jones325 karma
If it was full disclosure you'd send me a naked picture of your wife and leave the country while I fucked her (long distance rule and all).
Giantxbones133 karma
That's fine, but I'd have to be first, and she wants to go to Japan anyway.
Orlando_Jones343 karma
OK. I'll go to Japan with her. You can fuck the guy from Juwanna Man who supposedly looks like me.
whycantispeakfinnish205 karma
Is there a TV show that you would like to guess star on? If so, what show and why?
Orlando_Jones1012 karma
Mad Men. I know this is gonna sound crazy -- but there were actually black people living and working and thriving in New York City in the 1960s.
Mikesquito191 karma
Hey Orlando! Thanks for doing this AMA, I am a fan! I have a few questions for you.
- What was it like working with David Duchovny in Evolution? P.S. You were great in that movie.
- Is there time for lubricant?
- Why did the "Make 7 up yours" commercials stop? They were amazing.
- How did you end up being in MysterGuitarMan's series Meridian? And what was it like working with him? It was awesome! Will there be more?
Thank you!
Orlando_Jones500 karma
Duchonvy is a funny dude. And very sexy. I tried to fuck that several times. And he kept getting weird. And saying "I'm not gay. You're not gay. What are you doing??"
There's always time for lubricant bitch. You know that.
I did not want to do them any more.
MGM and I met at ComicCon. I'm a huge fan. We'll be doing more things together.
justinurrkunt180 karma
Did you get your job on MadTV because you are related to Quincy Jones?
dougiedeeds177 karma
Oh....and..quick question. Will the hook in my penis ever straighten out?
Orlando_Jones705 karma
That's a GREAT question. Be thankful your penis is long enough to hook.
onlyhereforfantasy142 karma
Did you fall in love with Elizabeth Hurley in Bedazzled? I don't know how you even got your lines out in that pool table scene.
Orlando_Jones387 karma
We ate carrot ginger soup in her trailer. Came 3 times. It was orange. She asked me to leave. Had a baby with Steve Bing. Guess I didn't have enough gold for digging.
TheMurdocktor139 karma
Thanks for the Retweet...motherfucker.
That being said... Did ever really shower with those volleyball players in Evolution?
Boxthemuppet131 karma
Huge fan of your work. I still wear my "Make 7 Up yours" shirt. Now for the question. What's your favorite pizza topping?
Boxthemuppet132 karma
Never thought to use capers. No cheese is just crazy talk unless its medical.
motherfuckingArtieL131 karma
Can you tell everyone about that party you were high at that had a row of about 20 girls on their knees, and you went down the row sticking your dick in each one's mouth until you came?
supersonic994130 karma
What kind of things do you do at home? On the other side, what do you like to do while out and about
Orlando_Jones576 karma
Home -- eat, fuck, sleep.
Out and about -- eat, fuck, sleep.
My motto is "Laugh and Cum AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!". Those are yhe only 2 times nobody is mad at anybody.
WorldPeace #WeedGenius Bitches
Orlando_Jones273 karma
That is just so wonderfully fucked up.
Chloe Moretz - Marry - Love me some Hit Girl Elle Fanning - Kill - Always Liked Her Sister Better Abby Breslin - Fuck - She was really good in The Call, edited by my Tainted Love co-creator Avi Youabian.
Orlando_Jones348 karma
Dude, you are a clever SOB. This one is really tough.
I am already married to Jacqueline Staph. So... FUCK. Cuz when you get married sex pretty much ends.
Marry -- Natalie and Zoe. I'm about to go Big Love on this one.
Kill -- Benjamin Millepied
soupdogg8122 karma
I don't have anything to ask. I just wanted to thank you for doing this AMA. :)
Orlando_Jones262 karma
I don't have anything to say either. I just wanted to thank you for your comment. Seriously... thank you!!
UCanCallMeDuckey118 karma
I'm watching Office Space now because I am too lazy to get up and put Say It Isn't So in, but I promise to watch it later and you can always trust the word of a 1/8 Chippewa, Cherokee, Navaho Indian.
justinurrkunt109 karma
Do you feel that Orenthal Simpson should do more time for fucking up the initials O.J.?
justinurrkunt107 karma
- Which one of your upcoming projects are you most excited about and can you give us some inside information about the project?
- Also, were you named after the city or was it named after you?
Orlando_Jones303 karma
Orlando, Florida was in fact named after me. Spread the word.
Upcoming projects -- Sleepy Hollow is BY FAR the most exciting project I have coming up. Follow me on Twitter for updates and jokes throughout the summer.
lumpking69103 karma
I was always sad that you and Artie Lang never made a movie. You two were great together comedically and would have made a great duo.
Are you two OK now? On the Howard Stern show he spoke about really pissing you off and burning down all the bridges.
Orlando_Jones208 karma
Neither one of us is dead yet so there's still hope. No love lost between me and Artie.
sonofarex99 karma
How did you prepare for your role in Training Day?
You should have won an oscar for that. I loved it even more than your outstanding role in Independence Day.
Orlando_Jones313 karma
For Training Day, I fucked Eva Mendes.
My son and I are filming an ID4 Reboot RIGHT NOW!!
johnsmith0000090 karma
Big Australian fan here Orlando! Thanks for doing this AMA, been eagerly waiting for this day for a while!
How did you enjoy being a part of Rules of Engagement?
Were/are you a fan and were you disappointed the show ended?
What's Patrick Warburton like in real life?
Orlando_Jones170 karma
Patrick Warburton is the definition of a stand-up guy.
Enjoyed working on the show.
Sorry to see it go.
Orlando_Jones265 karma
It's safe to assume I was getting laid a few times a week. If we multiply that times 52 weeks in the year and multiply that by 15 years ---
You do the math.
And please send me your math cuz me no count so good.
Wickenshire149 karma
I think I saw this question on the SATs. They wanted testers to solve for X, where X was the amount of trim Orlando Jones had over the last 15 years.
Orlando_Jones150 karma
Big girls needs love too. Attention all men -- do your community service work. That means, you can't just service the pretty girls. You service who needs servicing.
Giantxbones85 karma
Seriously though Mr. Orlando Jones, I have got to say that one of my favorite movies ever, and one of my favorite characters ever, is Dig Mccaffrey from Say It Isn't So
Orlando_Jones250 karma
"Sorry, I would've responded sooner, but I ate a bag of weed, it took me two minutes just to pass the stems. " ~Things Dig McCaffery would say on Reddit
Orlando_Jones277 karma
What do you call a black guy that flies a plane?
A pilot, you fucking racist!!
Does that answer your question??
Chastain8680 karma
Orlando, I wanted to drop by and say -- dude, I love "Drumline." It's such a good, underrated little flick. Do you have any fun stories you can tell from the filming?
Also... is Tyler Perry still mad at you for your April Fool's joke about taking over the role of Madea?
Orlando_Jones142 karma
You should definitely tweet Tyler to ask him if he's pissed at me. I thought it was a funny joke.
Re: Drumline -- the impromptu jam sessions we did with the band were the most fun.
justinurrkunt78 karma
What's your most fucked up drug-related story of getting high with Artie Lange, when you two were roommates while working for MadTV?
Orlando_Jones206 karma
I woke up in a hotel room that smelled like shit. The maid was banging on the door. I discovered that Artie had literally shit the bed high on cocaine and left me to clean it up. I crawled out the window, dropped down to the second floor, got fucked up rolling down the hill and went to set where he was in a pig costume filming Babe Watch.
Artie tells the rest from here.
illadilla78 karma
Hello Mr. Jones, why do you think MadTV got cancelled? Were the ratings down?
Frajer66 karma
When making Double Take did you have to study Eddie's characteristics to mimic him?
Orlando_Jones147 karma
I sleep with a case of it in my bed -- if that answers your question.
riikila66 karma
What went through your head when took part in Machinima Respawn's Radio and Inbox shows? You seemed really at home with Sark and APL and nailed the whole thing!
Orlando_Jones141 karma
Sark is like Matthew Mcconaughey in Dazed and Confused. He doesn't even work there and still hangs out to bang the pretty girls. My hero!!
PugsBugs64 karma
Just saw Meridian, thought it was pretty good. Is sci-fi a favorite genre of yours?..nevermind dude i got here and had this question in my head and immediately scrolled down...and saw it was pretty much answered.
Orlando_Jones261 karma
See Time Machine. Also, don't let these bitches stop you from asking your questions. Man up, mother fucker.
Valint46 karma
If you could work with any director (living or dead) who would it be, and what kind of character would you play?
Orlando_Jones118 karma
Stanley Kubrick. I'd love to reprise Peter Sellers' role in Dr. Strangelove but frankly Kubrick can pick the character and bringing it to life is my job.
fatedperegrine44 karma
siiiiggghhh You are SO dreamy!
Also, I loved the movie Evolution, it is one of my favorite all time movies.
What drew you to Sleepy Hollow? I've been seeing previews for it, but it seems like it would be difficult to draw the story of the headless horseman into a drama series, as in, something that lasts more than a couple of shows.
Orlando_Jones78 karma
Always loved The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and when I read the Kurtzman/Orci/Iscove script and saw that Len Wiseman was directing I was dying to be a part of it.
adrianmorales31 karma
Hello Orlando! I was wondering, what is your favorite movie that you really enjoyed doing?
Orlando_Jones79 karma
Versus the favorite movie I hated doing?? I'd have to say -- all of them. Hate watching myself but LOVE my fucking job.
Dr_Fishman22 karma
Do you think that television is replacing film as the medium that people will seek out content? I've noticed very good actors moving to television in a big way while we see far fewer movies hit the big screen.
Orlando_Jones77 karma
Television has ALWAYS been WAY WAY WAY successful than film. Movie stars generally come from TV. The question is "how will digital impact everything?"
justinurrkunt12 karma
What are the ways that you feel responsible for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip being cancelled?
Orlando_Jones40 karma
It's really because I preferred 30 Rock but will forward your question to DL Hughley and see what he thinks.
chainsaw_sharkfart6 karma
Do you prefer your toilet paper to dispense behind the roll or in front of the roll?
Malaguena5 karma
I love you man! I dont really have a question, just wanted to tell you that you should keep it up! ... well wait, what would you rather fight; a horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
CustardFilled5 karma
Blindfolded, given $5 and thrown into a supermarket to buy a wedding gift, what would you first think to look for?
Orlando_Jones27 karma
Condoms. Gotta fuck before marriage otherwise you're stuck with that bad pussy for the rest of your life.
edify5 karma
Hey Orlando! Thanks for reaching out to reddit. A friend of mine and thespian asks:
Tainted Love is awesome. Will we see you in more dramatic roles in the near future? Your performance in Drumline was fantastic.
Orlando_Jones8 karma
Not just saying this... but Tainted Love. Graphic novels and action comedy generally don't go together.
justinurrkunt4 karma
I heard that 7up was looking for a new spokesperson. I think you'd be great. Would you consider taking the job if offered?
Orlando_Jones11 karma
I would be happy to consider their offer... as long as I can accept payment in blowjobs.
Mister4te4 karma
Random: Are you an Alabama fan? Also, how was your experience at MadTv? (Highs and lows)
Orlando_Jones17 karma
Roll Tide!! No disrespect to MadTV but we're talking about The Bama let's stay focused.
BoredVet3 karma
I just want to add that I too love Evolution. That's one of a handful of movies that I can always watch after a stressful day, disengage my mind and just enjoy.
My question, do you think you and David Duchovny started the "bromance" trend? Yours in the movie was the first I remember and the hottest.
Orlando_Jones6 karma
Yes, there has not been another steamy, erotic bromance since I tried to stick my chocolate in his peanut butter. See my earlier comment about Duchovny for context.
Orlando_Jones8 karma
You mean like the "King of Kings". Our lord and savior Jesus Christ? Sure. Why not.
AndyDwyer818 karma
Do you consider Evolution to be the pinnacle of your career?
Because I do, and I'm still eagerly awaiting a sequel.
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