Perhaps Black Hollywood has ran out of ideas for movies, but Don Cornelius has just signed a deal with Warner Brothers to produce "Soul Train", the movie. And get this, its suppose to be a comedy.

Back in the day, it was wonderful to have our black Dick Clark show. This also brought fame to Don Cornelius, the television personality, entrepreneur, producer and a man that dared to dream and along with his dream allowed many of our entertainers, a platform, a stage to be exposed musically.

As a child, I looked forward to seeing who would appear on Soul Train each Saturday. Many of our legends such as Aretha, Diana, Dionne, Gladys, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, The Supremes after Ms. Ross left, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson Five and the Jacksons after they left Motown, along with disco divas: Carol Douglas, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Vicki Sue Robinson, I could go on forever and I probably have, but you get the idea. The only thing that I found to be funny was some of the dancers of the day. As for dancing styles, the east coast danced differently from the west coast.

Mr. Cornelius was the American dream, a person who started out selling insurance, went to broadcasting school in 1966, worked as a substitute D.J. also worked in the News department in Chicago before long, investing his own money to create a pilot called, "Soul Train." The idea was inspired by Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Years later and currently we have the "Soul Train" awards which acknowledges and awards people of color, which is wonderful. From this show, "Ladies of Soul Awards" was born, which celebrated our Queens of color, such as Aretha, Diana, Patti, Queen Latifah, Brandy, Chaka, and many more divas of the day.

Now I'm trying to understand how this can be made into a comedy? From where I'm sitting, its no laughing matter. I guess we will have to stay tuned.

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